Do investors learn from experience? Evidence from frequent IPO investors

Review of Financial Studies

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1560-1589

  Chiang, Yao Min ^a   Hirshleifer, David ^b   Qian, Yiming ^c   Sherman, Ann E ^d  

^a NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79954517819     PISSN: 08939454     EISSN: 14657368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rfs/hhq151     Document Type: Article

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