An empirical analysis of financial optimism and portfolio choice

The purpose of this thesis is to conduct a detailed study of optimism in financial decision making. I contribute to the literature by clarifying the relationship between financial optimism and individual investors’ portfolio choice. I also investigate whether optimism benefits an investor’s objectiv...

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Main Author: Balasuriya, Jiayi Wang
Published: City University London 2012
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.594191