Nudging the financial market? A review of the nudge theory

Accounting and Finance

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2020, Pages 3341-3365

  Cai, Cynthia Weiyi ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Financial market; Investment decision making; Nudge

Indexed keywords

EID: 85063577800     PISSN: 08105391     EISSN: 1467629X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acfi.12471     Document Type: Article

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