Annotated Bibliography on the Behavioral Characteristics of U.S. Investors (2010)

This annotated bibliography provides 52 abstracts of a representative sample of scholarly articles on the subject of the behavioral characteristics of U.S. investors, along with a glossary defining 72 terms commonly used in the literature on this topic. The researcher conducted searches in JSTOR, EBSCO, and ProQuest, selecting for inclusion in this bibliography articles from academic journals such as American Economic Review, American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, CPA Journal, European Financial Management, Financial Management, Journal of Economic Perspectives, Journal of Consumer Affairs, Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Journal of Portfolio Management, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Review of Economics and Statistics, Review of Financial Studies, Stanford Law Review, and Tax Policy and the Economy. This annotated bibliography is a companion piece to a review report on common investor mistakes and factors underlying the decision to invest.