Individual home bias, portfolio churning and performance

European Journal of Finance

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 329-351

  Nordén, Lars ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Home bias; Individual investors; Performance; Portfolio churning

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953100085     PISSN: 1351847X     EISSN: 14664364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13518470903037813     Document Type: Article

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