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Measuring the degree to which probability weighting affects risk-taking behavior in financial decisions

Mattos, Fabio; Garcia, Philip - In: Journal of finance and investment analysis 1 (2012) 2, pp. 1-39

The paper investigates the importance of probability weighting in financial decisions and examines the degree to which risk-taking behavior deviates from expected utility theory in the presence of probability weighting. A group of professional traders participates in an experiment, whose data...

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Value relevance of financial statements information : evidence from listed firms in Kenya

Nyabundi, Melissa A. - In: Advances in management & applied economics 3 (2013) 1, pp. 115-134

This study examined the relationship between share prices and dividends, earnings and book values for companies listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) in Kenya for the six years period between 2005 and 2010. Using panel data analysis the study found evidence that there is a positive and...

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The misinformation effect in financial markets : an emerging issue in behavioural fianance

Polak, Mateusz - In: E-Finanse : finansowy kwartalnik internetowy 8 (2012) 3, pp. 55-61

The following paper is a theoretical introduction of the misinformation effect to behavioural finance. The misinformation effect causes a memory report regarding an event or particular knowledge to become contaminated with misleading information from another source. The paper aims to describe...

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Observing evidence of insider trading in the Athens Stock Exchange

Thalassinos, Eleftherios; Maditinos, Dimitrios; … - In: Journal of economic structures : JES; the official … 1 (2012), pp. 1-26

This study proposes a process for observing evidence of insider trading in the Athens Stock Exchange (ASE). This is performed by building an environment which, based upon previous research, common sense and information technology, may be used for observing such evidence. It is designed to be...

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Journal of investment management : JOIM

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Are investors reluctant to realize their losses during financial crises? : evidence form Taiwanese and Chinese stock markets

Lin, Huei-wen - In: Advances in management & applied economics 2 (2012) 2, pp. 91-107

This paper utilizes the disposition coefficient to verify whether disposition effect exhibits in Taiwan and Chinese stock markets during the periods of financial crises, and to discuss the differences of the disposition effect between appreciation and depreciation periods. The empirical results...

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Modeling the effects of investor sentiment and conditional volatility in international stock markets

Uygur, Utku; Taş, Oktay - In: Journal of applied finance & banking 2 (2012) 5, pp. 239-260

Behavioral finance argues that some properties of asset prices are most reasonably considered as deviations from fundamental value and they are caused by the presence of traders who are not fully rational hence called noise traders. Noise trader approach assumes that sentiment traders exert...

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The status quo bias of bond market analysts

Gubaydullina, Zulia; Hein, Oliver; Spiwoks, Markus - In: Journal of applied finance & banking 1 (2011) 1, pp. 31-51

Status quo bias is a systematic cognitive error which makes it difficult for individuals to make decisions … status quo bias. We evaluated interest rate forecast series from twelve industrial nations. This revealed that, on average … significantly underestimated. -- behavioral finance ; status quo bias , bond market analysts ; interest rate forecasts …

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Geburten in Ost- und Westdeutschland : erleichtert eine hohe Risikobereitschaft die Entscheidung für ein Kind?

Schmitt, Christian - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 79 (2012) 11, pp. 18-23

Die von wirtschaftlichen Umbrüchen geprägten Jahre nach der Wiedervereinigung waren für viele Ostdeutsche mit zunehmender Unsicherheit verbunden, während die Veränderungen in Westdeutschland weitaus weniger gravierend waren. In der Folge kam es in den 90er Jahren zu einem massiven Rückgang...

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Notes on behavioral economics and labor market policy

Babcock, Linda; Congdon, William J.; Katz, Lawrence F.; … - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 1 (2012), pp. 1-14

Labor market policies succeed or fail at least in part depending on how well they reflect or account for behavioral responses. Insights from behavioral economics, which allow for realistic deviations from standard economic assumptions about behavior, have consequences for the design and...

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