Price reaction to information with heterogeneous beliefs and wealth effects: Underreaction, momentum, and reversal

American Economic Review

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-34

  Ottaviani, Marco ^a   Sørensen, Peter Norman ^b  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

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EID: 84920584131     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.20120881     Document Type: Article

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