Informed investors and the internet

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting

Volumn 37, Issue 7-8, 2010, Pages 841-865

  Rubin, Amir ^a   Rubin, Eran ^b,c  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c HOLON INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Analysts; Dow Jones; Information asymmetry; Internet; Self efficacy; Wikipedia

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956842706     PISSN: 0306686X     EISSN: 14685957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5957.2010.02187.x     Document Type: Article

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