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What Constitutes Good Investment Research?

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In this and the following chapter, we provide the reader with a tutorial on how to read and evaluate a scholarly research article in the field of finance. We will explain how information is typically organized in an article, what to look for in each section of the article and most importantly, how to evaluate the quality and strength of the research.

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Basilico, E., Johnsen, T. (2019). What Constitutes Good Investment Research?. In: Smart(er) Investing. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26692-9_1

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