Am Kapitalmarkt agierende Investoren zeigen Verhaltensweisen, die dem klassischen Verständnis von einem rational handelnden Individuum (Homo oeconomicus) widersprechen. Hierzu zählt auch das Phänomen des Dispositionseffektes. Der Dispositionseffekt führt zu einer schlechteren Wertentwicklung...

We conduct an experiment to test whether the size of a loss and the time in a losing position affect investors’ adaptation to the loss situation and, subsequently, whether this adaptation affects future investment decisions. As investors adapt to losses, their neutral reference point shifts...

This paper experimentally studies the disposition effects of teams and individuals. The disposition effect describes the phenomenon that investors are reluctant to realize losses, whereas winners are sold too early. Our experiments compare the investments of two-person teams to a setting where...

Recent research reveals that hedge fund returns exhibit a range of different,possibly non-linear pay-off patterns. It is difficult to qualify all these patternssimultaneously as being rational in a traditional framework for optimal financial decisionmaking. In this paper we present a simple...