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This paper explores the relationship between linguistic variation and individual attitudes toward risk and uncertainty. We propose an innovative marker that classifies languages according to the number of non-indicative moods in the grammatical contexts involving uncertainty. We find that...
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This paper explores the relationship between linguistic variation and individual attitudes toward risk and uncertainty. We propose an innovative marker that classifies languages according to the number of non-indicative moods in the grammatical contexts involving uncertainty. We find that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012936612
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 …
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The paper studies the interaction between cyclical uncertainty and investment in a stochastic real option framework … of the link between cyclical uncertainty and investment is quantified using simulations of the model. The chief …
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the unknown drift. Optimal investment in this setting is time-inconsistent: While utility is maximized by a precommitment … the strategy. In contrast, the optimal dynamically consistent investment strategy accounts for variations in the perceived … consistent strategy. This “point of regret” always lies near the middle of the investment horizon …
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We study the effects of uncertainty on corporate leverage adjustments with respect to investment spikes and find that … overlevered and underlevered firms behave very differently in response to the combination of uncertainty and investment spikes …
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effects of regime uncertainty on a firm's strategic investment decision, taking into consideration the remaining time to the …
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The empirical finding that entrepreneurs tend to invest a large share of their wealth in their own firms despite 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...
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language may influence risk perception and investment behavior, no study has explored the causal effects of linguistic … uncertainty on financial decision-makers. We address this research gap by presenting a controlled laboratory experiment exposing … investors to earnings call excerpts with randomized levels of uncertainty. The subjects were engaged in an investment game and …
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investigate how reputational motives (i.e., the public announcement of the winners or losers) influence risk-taking in investment …
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