Greed and Fear in Financial Markets: The Case of Stock Spam E-Mails

Journal of Behavioral Finance

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 83-93

  Hu, Bill ^a   McInish, Thomas ^b  

^a CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Investor attention; Market manipulation; Prospect theory; Stock spam

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878667111     PISSN: 15427560     EISSN: 15427579     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15427560.2013.761630     Document Type: Article

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