Information, overconfidence and trading : do the sources of information matter?

We investigate how the strength of the positive association between frequency of trading and information acquisition is dependent on investors’ self‐confidence and on the sources of information used by investors. Our results confirm that the more frequently individual investors invest in information...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Abreu, Margarida (author)
Other Authors: Mendes, Victor (author)
Format: workingPaper
Language:eng
Published: 2012
Subjects:
Information
Overconfidence
Investor Behaviour
Trading
Sources of Information
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/3785
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:www.repository.utl.pt:10400.5/3785

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http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/3785

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