Inexperienced investors and bubbles

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 239-258

  Greenwood, Robin ^a   Nagel, Stefan ^b,c  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Asset price bubbles; Investment experience; Investor age; Trend chasing

Indexed keywords

EID: 67849086702     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2008.08.004     Document Type: Article

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