How Investor Perceptions Drive Actual Trading and Risk-Taking Behavior
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Behavioral Finance
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1542-7560,1542-7579
DOI: 10.1080/15427560.2015.1000332