Does prospect theory explain the disposition effect?

Journal of Behavioral Finance

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 141-157

  Hens, Thorsten ^a   Vlcek, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Banque Cantonale Vaudois ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Disposition effect; Portfolio theory; Prospect theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861006348     PISSN: 15427560     EISSN: 15427579     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15427560.2011.601976     Document Type: Article

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