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We examine in an experiment the causes, consequences and possible cures of myopic loss aversion (MLA) for investment … behaviour under risk. We find that both, investment horizons and feedback frequency contribute almost equally to the effects of … MLA. Longer investment horizons and less frequent feedback lead to higher investments. However, when given the choice …
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We examine in an experiment the causes, consequences and possible cures of myopic loss aversion (MLA) for investment … behaviour under risk. We find that both, investment horizons and feedback frequency contribute almost equally to the effects of … MLA. Longer investment horizons and less frequent feedback lead to higher investments. However, when given the choice …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005432667
paper we address two issues related to the effects of MLA on risky investment decisions. First, we assess the relative … impact of feedback frequency and investment flexibility (via the investment horizon) on risky investments. Second, given that … we observe higher investments with a longer investment horizon, we examine conditions under which investors might …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005765187
paper we address two issues related to the effects of MLA on risky investment decisions. First, we assess the relative … impact of feedback frequency and investment flexibility (via the investment horizon) on risky investments. Second, given that … we observe higher investments with a longer investment horizon, we examine conditions under which investors might …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005739678
choice problem concerns the investment of an amount of money in a safe option and a risky option when there is a 'global risk …We investigate a novel dynamic choice problem in an experiment where emotions are measured through self-reports. The … risk can reduce the amount invested in the risky option. This result cannot be explained by classical Expected Utility or …
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When investment is repeated, previous outcomes (winning/losing) as well as the current budget level (gain/loss domain … experiments initially conducted to investigate myopic-loss-aversion. We observe that investment is related to the number of … analysis is extended to settings with restricted flexibility concerning investment. …
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We study time preferences in a real-effort experiment with a one-month horizon. We report that two thirds of choices …
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’s interest in controlling who receives their private information. Participants of an experiment face the decision to share …
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We identify the causal effect of cognitive abilities on economic behavior in an experimental setting. Using a forecasting task with varying cognitive load, we identify the causal effect of working memory on subjects' forecasting performance, while also accounting for the effect of other...
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anonymized unpublished manuscripts are examined in an experiment where subjects are paid according to their identification …
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