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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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Overall, 72 subjects invest their endowment in four risky assets. Each combination of assets yields the same expected return and variance of returns. Illusion of expertise prevails when one prefers nevertheless the self-selected portfolio. After being randomly assigned to groups of four,...
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a low-risk to a high-risk lottery can be used to infer the degree of risk aversion. A between-subjects experiment of …Lottery-choice experiments are conducted to compare risk preferences revealed by three-person groups versus isolated … individuals. A lottery-choice experiment consists of a menu of paired lottery choices structured so that the crossover point from …
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Behavioral economics has demonstrated systematic decision-making biases in both lab and field data. But are these biases learned or innate? We investigate this question using experiments on a novel set of subjects - capuchin monkeys. By introducing a fiat currency and trade to a capuchin colony,...
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Framing effects are well known in individual decision making. Using experimental markets we investigated whether similar effects could be found in a market environment. Two series of experiments showed that negative framing can give different market prices than a positively framed endowment. We...
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individual, reaction times (Experiment 1) and event-related brain potentials (Experiment 2) were recorded as participants played …
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There is evidence that risk-taking behavior is influenced by prior monetary gains and losses. When endowed with house … money, people become more risk taking. This paper is the first to report a house money effect in a dynamic, financial …
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In this study we report the results of an experiment that examines how relatively sophisticated financial statement … income statement recognition than when management chooses footnote disclosure. We find no difference in investment amounts …
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We experimentally demonstrate a causal link between recordkeeping and reciprocal exchange. Recordkeeping improves memory of past interactions in a complex exchange environment, which promotes reputation formation and decision coordination. Economies with recordkeeping exhibit a beneficially...
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In this study we report the results of an experiment that examines how relatively sophisticated financial statement … income statement recognition than when management chooses footnote disclosure. We find no difference in investment amounts …
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