Retail investors and financial advisors: New evidence on trust and advice taking heuristics

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1749-1757

  Monti, Marco ^a,b,c   Pelligra, Vittorio ^d,e   Martignon, Laura ^c,f   Berg, Nathan ^g  

^a IBM   (Italy)

^b VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^e CRENoS ^*  (Italy)

^f LUDWIGSBURG UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Advice taking; Delegation; Financial literacy; Heuristic; Non expert; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901244160     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2014.02.022     Document Type: Article

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