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8 - The Role of Personality in Financial Decisions and Financial Crises

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 November 2017

Esa Jokivuolle
Affiliation:
Bank of Finland
Radu Tunaru
Affiliation:
University of Kent, Canterbury
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Preparing for the Next Financial Crisis
Policies, Tools and Models
, pp. 139 - 156
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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