The aim of this paper is to investigate the degree of susceptibility to behavioral biases (the certainty effect, the sunk cost fallacy, and mental accounting) among people of various levels of expertise in market investments and to determine whether this susceptibility is correlated with certain...

This study examines the role of actual and perceived financial sophistication (i.e., financial literacy and confidence) for individuals' wealth accumulation. Using survey data from the German SAVE initiative, we find strong gender- and education-related differences in the distribution of the two...

Rankings are a pervasive feature of the finance industry. Although they have no direct monetary consequences, rankings provide utility for intrinsic (positive self-image) and extrinsic (status) reasons. We recruit a unique subject pool of 204 financial professionals and investigate how anonymous...

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...