What drives retail investors’ overconfidence? The role of information acquisition costs

Gang Li et al.

Journal of Empirical Finance2026https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jempfin.2026.101709article
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@article{gang2026,
  title        = {{What drives retail investors’ overconfidence? The role of information acquisition costs}},
  author       = {Gang Li et al.},
  journal      = {Journal of Empirical Finance},
  year         = {2026},
  doi          = {https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jempfin.2026.101709},
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