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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

maximize the risk-neutral value of his profit subject to some expected shortfall constraint. The reasonable benchmark return …

location decisions. We show that the impact of remittances on the risk faced by the migrant is more complex than usually … acknowledged. On the one hand, their effect on aggregate risk is non-monotonic. On the other hand, their impact on the geographical … location of risk might be counter-intuitive, as remittances increase the migrant’s exposure to risk in the origin country. Also …

consistent with the theoretical results: in the experiment, investment levels with and without legal protection are comparable …Understanding the impact of legal protection on investment is of major importance. This paper provides a framework for … addressing this issue, and shows that investment may actually be higher in the absence of legal protection. Focusing on the …