Managers' Overconfidence, Risk Preference, Herd Behavior and Non-efficient Investment
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عنوان ژورنال: Independent Journal of Management & Production
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2236-269X,2236-269X
DOI: 10.14807/ijmp.v10i1.845