The People in Your Neighborhood: Social Interactions and Mutual Fund Portfolios

Journal of Finance

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 2679-2732

  Pool, Veronika K ^a   Stoffman, Noah ^a   Yonker, Scott E ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Cornell Univesity ^*  (United States)

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EID: 84946748659     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: 15406261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jofi.12208     Document Type: Article

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