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Quantifying Trading Behavior in Financial Markets Using Google Trends
Preis, Tobias - 2014
Crises in financial markets affect humans worldwide. Detailed market data on trading decisions reflect some of the complex human behavior that has led to these crises. We suggest that massive new data sources resulting from human interaction with the Internet may offer a new perspective on the...
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Everyday econometricians : selection neglect and overoptimism when learning from others
Barron, Kai; Huck, Steffen; Jehiel, Philippe - 2019
degree of bias due to selection neglect increases when other decision makers become more informed, or become more rational …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011982107
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Behavioral Finance : The Aversion to Uncertainty Bias in Individual Financial Decisions
Fernandes, Jose L. B.; Fernandes, Taynara; Matsumoto, … - 2015
This research verifies the existence of the aversion to uncertainty bias in individual financial decisions. It also … evaluates the effects of gender and knowledge in this bias. We considered a sample of 80 undergraduate management students from … Universidade Católica de Brasília. The results supported the existence of the uncertainty bias amongst individuals facing financial …
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Do differences in analyst quality matter for investors relying on consensus information?
Michaely, Roni; Rubin, Amir; Segal, Dan; Vedrashko, … - In: Management science : journal of the Institute for … 70 (2024) 2, pp. 751-772
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Change in Emotional State of Stock Traders Before and After Booking Loss
Raval, Vishvesh H. - 2013
India has one of the biggest capital markets in Emerging Countries. It has a large number of listed companies, brokers, financial institutions. There is also increasing stock trading community. Most of the retail players now follow Fundamental and Technical Analysis for their stock selection and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013078015
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Anchoring in experimental asset markets
Baghestanian, Sascha; Walker, Todd B. - 2015
We investigate the relationship between anchoring and the emergence of bubbles in experimental asset markets. We show that setting a visual anchor at the fundamental value (FV) in the first period only is sufficient to eliminate or to significantly reduce bubbles in laboratory asset markets. If...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012061107
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Compensation schemes, liquidity provision, and asset prices : an experimental analysis
Baghestanian, Sascha; Gortner, Paul; Massenot, Baptiste - 2015
In an experimental setting in which investors can entrust their money to traders, we investigate how compensation schemes affect liquidity provision and asset prices. Investors face a trade-off between risk and return. At the benefit of a potentially higher return, they can entrust their money...
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Simultaneous over- and underconfidence : evidence from experimental asset markets
Maciejovsky, Boris; Kirchler, Erich - 2001
In this paper individual overconfidence within the context of an experimental asset market is investigated. Overall, 72 participants traded one risky asset on six markets of 12 participants each. The results indicate that individuals were not generally overconfident. Moreover, overconfidence was...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009614297
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Thar she blows again : reducing anchoring rekindles bubbles
Baghestanian, Sascha; Walker, Todd B. - 2014
We investigate the relationship between anchoring and the emergence of bubbles in experimental asset markets. We show that setting a visual anchor at the fundamental value (FV) in the first period only is sufficient to eliminate or to significantly reduce bubbles in laboratory asset markets. If...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010365125
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Why Do Investors Hold Socially Responsible Mutual Funds?
Riedl, Arno - 2017
To understand why investors hold socially responsible mutual funds, we link administrative data to survey responses and behavior in incentivized experiments. We find that both social preferences and social signaling explain socially responsible investment (SRI) decisions. Financial motives play...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012973779