In this paper we investigate how volatility shocks influence investors' perceptions about a stock's risk, its future … development, and investors' investment propensity. We ran artefactual field experiments with two participant pools (finance … professionals and students) that had to take investment decisions, differing in (i) the direction of the shock (down, up, straight …

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 …

-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 …

irreversible investment. Subjects had the option to trade a safe endowment for a claim on the sum of future realizations from a … initially bet on the state of the world to obtain the high drift, subjects in the treatment group seize the investment at …

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 …

equity ; investment ; risk aversion … 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 …

This study analyzes group influence on investment decisions in an attempt to determine the correlation between two … financial behavior tendencies: overconfidence and herding behavior. An experiment was carried out with 92 students from the …

cost economics. Investment in outside options is a prime example of such opportunism and often leads to inefficiency, for … will be better off by investing in the outside option to improve his bargaining position. The seller's investment, however …, might negatively affect the buyer's other-regarding preferences if the investment is viewed as opportunistic. We find …

language may influence risk perception and investment behavior, no study has explored the causal effects of linguistic … investment decisions is amplified by risk perception. Investor characteristics that significantly affect their risk perception … uncertainty on financial decision-makers. We address this research gap by presenting a controlled laboratory experiment exposing …