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In this paper the authors experimentally test overconfidence in investment decisions by ordering participants the possibility to substitute their own for alternative investment choices.
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to (a) their within-subject stability over time (oneyear) and (b) their correlation with actual risk-taking behaviour in … correlations with a Big Five personality measure and iscorrelated with actual risk-taking behaviour. The results suggest that the … questionnaireis the more adequate measure of individual risk attitudes for the analysis ofbehaviour in economic (lab) experiments …
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Loss aversion can occur in riskless and risky choices. Yet, there is no evidence whetherpeople who are loss averse in riskless choices are also loss averse in risky choices. Wemeasure individual-level loss aversion in riskless choices in an endowment effect experimentby eliciting both WTA and...
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The study investigates protective responses in low probability and high loss risk situations.Particularly, it (1 … measure,(3)calculates relative risk aversion. The results of the experiment indicate that as theprobability of loss and loss … than to the variation in loss amountswhen they decide whether to buy the protective measure or not: choice decision. Yet …
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measured by the adjustments of personal parametersuntil accepting the investment decision suggested by theory.Additionally, a …This experimental study investigates whether individuals preferbounded rationality over rational choice theory when … theoretical approach, namelysatisficing or optimality, applicable. Then, they are guided throughthe decision making process where …
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In a cascade experiment subjects are confronted with artificial predecessors prdecting in line with the BHW model (Bikhchandandi, Hirshleifer and Welch, 1992). Using the BDM mechanism we study subjects' probability assignments based on price limits for participating in the prediction game. We...
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We experimentally test overconfidence in investment decisions by offering participants the possibility to substitute their own for alternative investment choices.Overall, 149 subjects participated in two experiments, one with just one risky asset, the other with two risky assets. Overconfidence...
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results for the cases of expected utility and cumulative prospect theory. …
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This study investigates loss aversion when the reference point is state-dependent.Using a state-dependent structure, prospects are more attractive if they depend positively on the reference point and are less attractive in case of negative dependence. In addition, the structure is neutral in the...
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explore this possibility, I develop a theory that uni…es modelsof investment choice, informal risk sharing, and formal … …nancial contracts. Ithen test the predictions of this theory using a series of experiments with clientsof a large micro …, borrowersfree-ride on their partners, making risky investments without compensatingpartners for this risk. Second, the addition of …
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