Investment risk - The perspective of individual investors

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 437-447

  Sachse, Katharina ^a   Jungermann, Helmut ^a   Belting, Julia M ^b  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Individual investors; Investment decisions; Investment risk perception; Perceived risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856027205     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2011.12.006     Document Type: Article

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