Effects of governance on investment decisions and perceptions of reporting credibility: Investment experience of Taiwanese individual investors

Asia Pacific Journal of Management

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 139-155

  Chang, Ruey Dang ^a   Wei, Jo Ting ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Behavioral finance; Governance; Individual investors; Investment experience; Performance; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751591175     PISSN: 02174561     EISSN: 15729958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10490-010-9226-4     Document Type: Article

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