Realization utility

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 251-271

  Barberis, Nicholas ^a   Xiong, Wei ^b  

^a YALE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral finance; D03; Disposition effect; G11; G12; Individual investors; Trading

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858151715     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2011.10.005     Document Type: Article

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