The Courage of Misguided Convictions: The Trading Behavior of Individual Investors
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for helpful comments. We would also like to thank Jeremy Evnine and the discount brokerage house which provided the data necessary for this study. Financial support from the Nasdaq Foundation and the American Association of Individual Investors is gratefully acknowledged.
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تاریخ انتشار 1999