Do financial advisor commissions distort client choice?
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2013.01.026
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Keywords
Commission selling; Financial advisor; Consumer bias;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- G02 - Financial Economics - - General - - - Behavioral Finance: Underlying Principles
- G1 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets
- G11 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Portfolio Choice; Investment Decisions
- G2 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services
- G23 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Non-bank Financial Institutions; Financial Instruments; Institutional Investors
- G24 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Investment Banking; Venture Capital; Brokerage
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