Market Selection and Welfare in a Multi-asset Economy
We analyze the performance of irrational investors, who mistake expected returns of assets in a multi-asset economy. Mistakes by probabilistically unsophisticated investors that a priori seem small lead to severe underperformance compared with rational investors, under general conditions. Our results contrast with previous studies of single-asset economies, which find modest underperformance by irrational investors. In a calibration, an irrational investor who mistakes expected returns by 20% loses almost 95% of his consumption and wealth in about 25 years. The welfare cost of this underperformance is significant, about 40% of the total wealth in the economy. Copyright 2013, Oxford University Press.
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2013
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Authors: | Fedyk, Yurii ; Heyerdahl-Larsen, Christian ; Walden, Johan |
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Review of Finance. - European Finance Association - EFA, ISSN 1572-3097. - Vol. 17.2013, 3, p. 1179-1237
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European Finance Association - EFA |
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