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The Disposition Effect and Individual Investor Decisions: The Roles of Regret and Counterfactual Alternatives

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  • Suzanne O’Curry Fogel
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  • Suzanne O’Curry Fogel & Thomas Berry, 2010. "The Disposition Effect and Individual Investor Decisions: The Roles of Regret and Counterfactual Alternatives," Chapters, in: Brian Bruce (ed.), Handbook of Behavioral Finance, chapter 4, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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