A Mind is a Terrible Thing to Change: Confirmation Bias in Financial Markets
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- Pouget, Sébastien & Villeneuve, Stéphane, 2012. "A Mind is a Terrible Thing to Change: Confirmation Bias in Financial Markets," TSE Working Papers 12-306, Toulouse School of Economics (TSE), revised Aug 2016.
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financial markets; psychological biases; confirmation bias; momentum; reversal; bubbles; trading strategies;All these keywords.
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