We examine in an experiment the causes, consequences and possible cures of myopic loss aversion (MLA) for investment … behaviour under risk. We find that both, investment horizons and feedback frequency contribute almost equally to the effects of … MLA. Longer investment horizons and less frequent feedback lead to higher investments. However, when given the choice …

paper we address two issues related to the effects of MLA on risky investment decisions. First, we assess the relative … impact of feedback frequency and investment flexibility (via the investment horizon) on risky investments. Second, given that … we observe higher investments with a longer investment horizon, we examine conditions under which investors might …

paper we address two issues related to the effects of MLA on risky investment decisions. First, we assess the relative … impact of feedback frequency and investment flexibility (via the investment horizon) on risky investments. Second, given that … we observe higher investments with a longer investment horizon, we examine conditions under which investors might …

comparably low returns and high risk has become known as the private equity premium puzzle. This paper provides evidence … supporting the hypothesis that lower risk aversion of entrepreneurs, and not necessarily credit constraints, may explain this … portfolios and experimentally validated risk attitudes. The results show that both the ownership probability and the conditional …

We use a simple, three-item test for cognitive abilities to investigate whether established behavioral biases that play … a prominent role in behavioral economics and finance are related to cognitive abilities. We find that higher test scores … on the Cognitive Reflection Test of Frederick (2005) indeed are correlated with lower incidences of the conjunction …

We study time preferences in a real-effort experiment with a one-month horizon. We report that two thirds of choices …

We report a controlled laboratory experiment examining risk-taking and information aggregation in groups facing a … common risk. The experiment allows us to examine how subjects respond to new information, in the form of both privately …

We report an experiment examining risk taking and information aggregation in groups. Group members come to the table … with an individual preference for a choice under risk, based on privately received information, and can share this … information with fellow group members. They then make a decision under risk on behalf of the group using a random dictatorship …

This paper presents new evidence on the distribution of risk attitudes in the population, using a novel set of survey … take risks is negatively related to age and being female, and positively related to parental education and height. We test … the behavioral relevance of this survey measure by conducting a complementary field experiment, based on a representative …