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. Using a data for five international capital markets in developed countries we find that the hypothesis of rationality losses …
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a strong evidence on the effect of managerial psychology on corporate investment decision's rationality. Using models …We present evidence consistent with theories that psychological biases affect rationality decision of managers. We find … disposition effect to explain their impact on corporate investment decision's rationality. Corporate governance contributes to the …
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This study attempts to illustrate the contributing factors for different patterns of crashes. In addition to the fundamental macro-economic factors, this paper argues that the existence of herding behavior as well as the level of investor attention are also important factors affecting the...
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Rationality” is a term that comes up often during investment conversations, and yet it has not been definitively … defined. For example, economists and investors each use and define the term rationality differently. The objective of this … note is to profile three general definitions of the term “rationality,” and then to demonstrate how one of these …
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The equilibrium prices in asset markets, as stated by Keynes (1930): "...will be fixed at the point at which the sales of the bears and the purchases of the bulls are balanced." We propose a descriptive theory of finance explicating Keynes' claim that the prices of assets today equilibrate the...
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index fund rationality paradox. The experiment, conducted among first generation High Net Worth Individuals (HNWI) and …
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Assuming that agents' preferences satisfy first-order stochastic dominance, we show how the Expected Utility paradigm can rationalize all optimal investment choices: the optimal investment strategy in any behavioral law-invariant (state-independent) setting corresponds to the optimum for an...
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rationality losses of significance and cannot explain the evolution of trading. The economy is, however, driven by behavioral …
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The paper studies the behavior of individuals in situations of probabilistic uncertainty, wherein randomness is simulated to promote rational decision-making. Behavioral heuristics like Mean Reversion, Mental Accounting, Ambiguity, and Overconfidence were observed even in situations of...
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Purpose - This paper aims to provide empirical evidence for using the prospect theory (PT) basic assumptions in the Argentine context. Mainly, this study analysed the financial decision-making process in students of the economic-administrative academic area of two universities, one public and...
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