We assess the role of psychological and social factors in the decision-making of investors mediated by risk perception. We use a questionnaire survey to collect data from 470 individuals who have invested in firms listed at Pakistan Stock Exchange. We use confirmatory factor analysis to refine...

The purpose of this study is to examine the role of various psychological factors which affect investment decision of Pakistani investors. A study model has been developed to describe the impact of risk propensity, asymmetric information, and problem framing on investor's behavior while making...

We assess the role of psychological and social factors in the decision-making of investors mediated by risk perception. We use a questionnaire survey to collect data from 470 individuals who have invested in firms listed at Pakistan Stock Exchange. We use confirmatory factor analysis to refine...

Purpose: This study analyzes the impact of investment deposits and risk taking on capital decisions in Islamic Banks of selected Islamic Financial Services Board (IFSB) countries (Pakistan, UAE, Qatar, and Malaysia). Five Islamic banks of each country were selected as a sample for the period of...

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to check the impact of information asymmetry, financial literacy, and personal values on investment decisions mediating by risk aversion. Methodology: Cross sectional data were used for this study. This research study aims at the identification of some of...

Traditional theories of finance assume that investors use all available information and make rational investment decision but in reality the scenario is different. Based upon the growing importance of behavioral finance the present study is an attempt to investigate the effect of behavioral...

This study examines the impact of financial literacy, accounting information, openness to experience and information asymmetry on the short-term investment decision-making of the stock market investors. For this purpose 23-item questionnaire was developed and distributed among 185 stock market...