This paper finds that fund managers do not expect mean reverting returns, as suggested by theory and empirical evidence, but mean averting returns. The degree of mean aversion is positively related to preferences for non-fundamental information and loss aversion.

This questionnaire survey of fund managers in USA, Germany, and Switzerland documents a distinctly positive influence of bonus payments on investment behavior on both sides of the Atlantic. Higher bonus payments are significantly related to higher working effort but not to risk-taking. They also...

This questionnaire survey of fund managers in USA, Germany, and Switzerland documents a distinctly positive influence of bonus payments on investment behavior on both sides of the Atlantic. Higher bonus payments are significantly related to higher working effort but not to risk-taking. They also...

Während institutionelle Investoren in stetig wachsenden Finanzmärkten seit Jahren unaufhaltsam an Bedeutung gewinnen, ist die Vorgehensweise dieser Marktakteure - insbesondere die der einflussreichen Untergruppe der Fondsmanager - bislang relativ unerforscht. Um diese Lücke zu schließen,...