Religious beliefs, gambling attitudes, and financial market outcomes

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 671-708

  Kumar, Alok ^a   Page, Jeremy K ^b   Spalt, Oliver G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Employee stock option plans; Gambling; Institutional investors; IPOs; Religion

Indexed keywords

EID: 82455164326     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2011.07.001     Document Type: Article

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