Prior Consequences and Subsequent Risk Taking: New Field Evidence from the Taiwan Futures Exchange

Yu-Jane Liu
Yu-Jane Liu
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Department of Finance, Guanghua School of Management, Peking University, Beijing 100871, People's Republic of China
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Chih-Ling Tsai
Chih-Ling Tsai
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Graduate School of Management, University of California, Davis, Davis, California 95616
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Ming-Chun Wang
Ming-Chun Wang
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National Kaohsiung First University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung 81164, Taiwan
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Ning Zhu
Ning Zhu
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Graduate School of Management, University of California, Davis, Davis, California 95616; and Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance (SAIF), Shanghai 200030, People's Republic of China
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Yu-Jane Liu

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Department of Finance, Guanghua School of Management, Peking University, Beijing 100871, People's Republic of China

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Chih-Ling Tsai

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Graduate School of Management, University of California, Davis, Davis, California 95616

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Ming-Chun Wang

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National Kaohsiung First University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung 81164, Taiwan

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Ning Zhu

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Graduate School of Management, University of California, Davis, Davis, California 95616; and Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance (SAIF), Shanghai 200030, People's Republic of China

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Published Online:24 Feb 2010https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.1090.1131

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Received:November 10, 2008
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Published Online:February 24, 2010

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