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variable is the particular decision stage at which a global risk is resolved: (i) before the investment decision; (ii) after … the investment decision, but before the resolution of the decision risk; (iii) after the resolution of the decision risk … problem involves the presence of a “global risk,” that is, a chance of losing everything whichever safe or risky option is …
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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 … performance, together influence the decision to hold on to or to capitulate on an investment. We study the relative contribution …
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Higher order risk preferences are important determinants of economic behaviour. We apply behavioural insights to this … topic: we measure higher order risk preferences for pure gains and pure losses by controlling the reference point. We find a … reflection effect not only for second order risk preferences, as in Kahneman and Tversky 1979, but also for higher order risk …
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-based questionnaire before the experiment and participants' preferencesfor resolution timing, risk, and time were incentive compatibly … measured during the experiment.Main findings are that delayed resolution can affect investment, that the effect depends on the …This experimental study is concerned with the impact of the timing of the resolution of risk onpeople's willingness to …
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-specific and decisionspecific variation in attention and verify our framework in an eye-tracking experiment on risky choice. We …
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Does attention have a causal impact on risky decisions? We address this question in a preregistered experiment in which …
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outcomes experienced during the game. Risk aversion decreases after earlier expectations have been shattered by unfavorable …
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This study attempts to combine two traditional fields in microeconomics: individual decision making under risk and … decision making in an interpersonal context. The influence of social comparison on risky choices is explored in an experiment … referent so strategic behavior or social preferences can play no role. We find that decision makers are more risk-averse in the …
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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...
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