Who is the more overconfident trader? Individual vs. institutional investors

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1626-1644

  Chuang, Wen I ^a   Susmel, Rauli ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bull markets; Market gains; Overconfidence; Risk level; Trading behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955609643     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2010.11.013     Document Type: Article

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