Cognitive abilities and behavioral biases

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 147-152

  Oechssler, Jörg ^a   Roider, Andreas ^a   Schmitz, Patrick W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Behavioral finance; Biases; Cognitive abilities; Cognitive reflection test

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349440511     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2009.04.018     Document Type: Article

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