I present a model that can transform discounts on closed-end mutual funds into a measure of investor sentiment about the ability of fund managers to beat the market. It is demonstrated that this measure of sentiment varies positively with capital flows into open-end mutual funds, which are actively managed, and negatively with capital flows into index funds, which are passively managed. This is...

Both Behavioral Finance and market practitioners view confidence as one of the most important psychological variables influencing investor behavior. In the Behavioral Finance literature, confidence is associated with biased decisions and overreaction: investor confidence leads them to give too much importance to some ideas and to refuse to seriously take new facts into account until the grounds...

Purpose: This study aims to analyze the role of training program develop novice investors confidence in buying a stock. Novice undergo dilemma buy stock due limited knowledge which resulting disposition effect. Research regarding effect associated with for is still limited
 
 Theoretical framework: The tendency when sell stocks that have potential experience future profits early, othe...

Policy makers and corporations have recently emphasized a code of ethics as an effective aspect of corporate governance. The corporate governance literature in accounting, however, provides little empirical or theoretical support for this emphasis. We address this gap between public policy and the literature by studying the effectiveness of a code of ethics in an experimental setting. Using Bic...

63 he financial system and all of its various components (institutions, markets, and clearing and settlement systems) are supported by a set of arrangements, including government policies, that influence its structure and facilitate its operation. Taken together, these arrangements form the financial system's infrastructure. Experience has demonstrated that a key determinant of a robust financi...