How do decision frames influence the stock investment choices of individual investors?

Management Science

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1052-1064

  Kumar, Alok ^a   Sonya, Seongyeon Lim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disposition effect; Narrow framing; Portfolio diversification; Prospect theory; Trade clustering

Indexed keywords

DISPOSITION EFFECT; NARROW FRAMING; PORTFOLIO DIVERSIFICATION; PROSPECT THEORY; TRADE CLUSTERING;

COMMERCE;

INVESTMENTS;

EID: 61849126365     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1070.0845     Document Type: Article

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