School of Business

Understanding investment expertise and factors that influence the information processing and performance of investment experts

Document Type

Article

Abstract

To investigate the nature of investment expertise and factors affecting the information processing and performance of investment experts, this paper hypothesizes normative characteristics of investment expertise and compares such characteristics with actual characteristics documented in prior literature on the investment expert. Based on collective evidence from these sources, a model of investment expertise is proposed. Results support the existence of investment expertise in (1) the nature of knowledge, (2) problem solving and information search, and (3) performance. A variety of factors that could influence the information processing and performance of the investment expert, including personal, cognitive, and contextual elements, are also discussed in the paper and included in the proposed model of investment expertise. © 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Publication Title

Advances in Accounting Behavioral Research

Publication Date

2006

Volume

9

First Page

113

Last Page

156

ISSN

1475-1488

ISBN

9780762313532

DOI

10.1016/S1475-1488(06)09005-3

Keywords

investment expertise, information processing

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