Causes, consequences, and cures of myopic loss aversion - An experimental investigation

Economic Journal

Volumn 119, Issue 537, 2009, Pages 900-916

  Fellner, Gerlinde ^a   Sutter, Matthias ^b,c  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; INVESTMENT LOCATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 62749101201     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2009.02251.x     Document Type: Article

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