The effect of anger and anxiety traits on investment decisions

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1059-1069

  Gambetti, Elisa ^a   Giusberti, Fiorella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anger; Anxiety; Economic decision making; Personal finance; Personality traits

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864541243     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2012.07.001     Document Type: Article

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