Experts online: An analysis of trading activity in a public Internet chat room

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 70, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 266-281

  Mizrach, Bruce ^a   Weerts, Susan ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral finance; Day trading; Disposition effect; Experts; Familiarity bias

Indexed keywords

EID: 64249162449     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2009.02.001     Document Type: Article

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