Financial Decision-Making in Markets and Firms: A Behavioral Perspective

Handbooks in Operations Research and Management Science

Volumn 9, Issue C, 1995, Pages 385-410

  De Bondt, Werner F M ^a   Thaler, Richard H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 77957031257     PISSN: 09270507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-0507(05)80057-X     Document Type: Review

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