Do older investors make better investment decisions?

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 244-265

  Korniotis, George M ^a   Kumar, Alok ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 79957501469     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/REST_a_00053     Document Type: Article

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