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degree of bias due to selection neglect increases when other decision makers become more informed, or become more rational …
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We use novel data on individual activity in a sports betting market to study the effect of past performance sequences on individual behavior in a real market. The revelation of fundamental values in this market enables us to disentangle whether behavior is caused by sentiment or by superior...
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Present bias is an important term in behavioral finance that is derived from the concept of self-control. Empirical … research finds that present bias is associated with undesirable spending, borrowing, and saving behavior. Unlike previous … bias and a set of financial behaviors in various domains such as spending, borrowing, saving, and money management. With …
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long horizons. We present an experiment comparing decision making under certainty, risk, and ambiguity, over a shorter …
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A rich history of theoretical models in finance shows that speculation can lead to overpricing and price bubbles. We provide evidence that, indeed, individual speculative behavior fuels overpricing in (experimental) asset markets. In a first step, we elicit individual speculative behavior in a...
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behavioural biases such as representativeness, self-serving, overconfidence, loss aversion, and hindsight bias. Using data … overconfidence bias are positively related to financial literacy. Furthermore, some biases exhibit a stronger quantitative … relationship with financial literacy than others. For example, hindsight bias displays the strongest link to financial literacy …
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Many studies have shown that people display an apparent overconfidence. In particular, it is common for a majority of people to describe themselves as better than average. The literature takes for granted that this better-than-average effect is problematic. We argue, however, that, even...
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