Cognitive Biases and Entrepreneurial Under-Diversification
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- E. M. Cervellati & P. Pattitoni & M. Savioli, 2016. "Cognitive Biases and Entrepreneurial Under-Diversification," Working Papers wp1076, Dipartimento Scienze Economiche, Universita' di Bologna.
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Keywords
Cognitive Biases; Entrepreneurship; Portfolio Optimization; Simulation Analysis; Under-diversification; Structural Equation Models;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- G02 - Financial Economics - - General - - - Behavioral Finance: Underlying Principles
- G11 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Portfolio Choice; Investment Decisions
- L26 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Entrepreneurship
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ENT-2016-09-11 (Entrepreneurship)
- NEP-EUR-2016-09-11 (Microeconomic European Issues)
- NEP-SBM-2016-09-11 (Small Business Management)
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