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| DC Field | Value | Language |
|---|---|---|
| dc.contributor | School of Accounting and Finance | - |
| dc.creator | Li, G | - |
| dc.creator | Wang, S | - |
| dc.creator | Wei, KCJ | - |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-04-15T02:04:43Z | - |
| dc.date.available | 2026-04-15T02:04:43Z | - |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0927-5398 | - |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10397/118416 | - |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Elsevier BV | en_US |
| dc.rights | © 2026 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ ). | en_US |
| dc.rights | The following publication Li, G., Wang, S., & Wei, K. C. J. (2026). What drives retail investors’ overconfidence? The role of information acquisition costs. Journal of Empirical Finance, 87, 101709 is available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jempfin.2026.101709. | en_US |
| dc.subject | Behavioral biases | en_US |
| dc.subject | EDGAR implementation | en_US |
| dc.subject | Information acquisition costs | en_US |
| dc.subject | Overconfidence | en_US |
| dc.title | What drives retail investors’ overconfidence? The role of information acquisition costs | en_US |
| dc.type | Journal/Magazine Article | en_US |
| dc.identifier.volume | 87 | - |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.jempfin.2026.101709 | - |
| dcterms.abstract | We examine whether information acquisition costs affect the overconfidence of retail investors. Using the implementation of the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval (EDGAR) system as an exogenous event, we find that overconfidence, measured by investors’ post-trade performance, is significantly reduced after companies join the EDGAR platform, and the reduction is greater for companies with higher information uncertainty. The decrease in overconfidence after the implementation of EDGAR is associated with lower levels of investor disagreement and stock mispricing. | - |
| dcterms.accessRights | open access | en_US |
| dcterms.bibliographicCitation | Journal of empirical finance, June 2026, v. 87, 101709 | - |
| dcterms.isPartOf | Journal of empirical finance | - |
| dcterms.issued | 2026-06 | - |
| dc.identifier.scopus | 2-s2.0-105033496571 | - |
| dc.identifier.artn | 101709 | - |
| dc.description.validate | 202604 bcch | - |
| dc.description.oa | Version of Record | en_US |
| dc.identifier.FolderNumber | OA_TA | en_US |
| dc.description.fundingSource | RGC | en_US |
| dc.description.fundingSource | Others | en_US |
| dc.description.fundingText | We gratefully acknowledge Kewei Hou (the editor) and the anonymous referee for constructive and insightful comments and suggestions that have significantly improved the paper. We also thank Terrance Odean and Li An for generously providing us with the trading data. We also thank Itzhak Ben-David, J.C. Lin, Jeff Ng, Alberto Rossi, and conference participants at the 2023 Conference on Pacific Basin Finance, Economics, Accounting, and Management (PBFEAM) and the 2023 Asian Finance Association (Asian FA) conference for helpful comments and suggestions. John Wei acknowledges financial support from the Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China (GRF15500423). All remaining errors are our own. | en_US |
| dc.description.pubStatus | Published | en_US |
| dc.description.TA | Elsevier (2026) | en_US |
| dc.description.oaCategory | TA | en_US |
| Appears in Collections: | Journal/Magazine Article | |
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