Technical analysis, investment psychology, and liquidity provision: Evidence from the taiwan stock market

Emerging Markets Finance and Trade

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 18-38

  Lai, Hung Wei ^a   Chen, Cheng Wei ^b   Huang, Chin Sheng ^a  

^a NATIONAL YUNLIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

anchoring effect; disposition effect; information cascade; technical analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957788265     PISSN: 1540496X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/REE1540-496X460502     Document Type: Article

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