We present the results of a simple, easily replicable, survey study based on lottery bonds. It is aimed at testing whether agents make investment decisions according to expected utility, cumulative prospect theory or optimal expectations theory, when they face skewed distributions of returns. We...

In this paper, we present the results of a simple, easily replicable, survey study based on lottery bonds. It is aimed at testing whether agents make investment decisions according to expected utility, cumulative prospect theory (Tversky-Kahneman, 1992) or optimal expectations theory...

We are the first to analyze bond mutual funds' permission and use of complex investment practices like derivatives, restricted securities and securities lending. Based on unique regulatory information from the SEC's N-SAR filings, we show that most complex investments do not affect fund...