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In this paper we experimentally test skewness preferences at the individual level. Several prospects that can be …. We find that the skewness of a distribution has a significant impact on the decisions. Yet, while skewness has an impact …, its direction differs substantially across subjects: 39% of our subjects act in accordance with skewness seeking and 10 …
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In this paper we experimentally test skewness seeking at the individual level. Several prospects that can be ordered … ¯nd that the skewness of a distribution has a signi¯cant impact on the decisions. Yet, while skewness has an impact, its … direction di®ers substantially across subjects: 39% of our subjects act in accordance with skewness seeking and 10% seem to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010275666
In this paper we experimentally test skewness seeking at the individual level. Several prospects that can be ordered … ï¬nd that the skewness of a distribution has a signiï¬cant impact on the decisions. Yet, while skewness has an impact …, its direction differs substantially across subjects: 39% of our subjects act in accordance with skewness seeking and 10 …
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variance, positive skewness, and smaller kurtosis. This information, in turn, enables decision makers to determine the ASD …
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, investors prefer the one with positive gain, smaller variance and positive skewness. This information, in turn, enables decision …
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We investigate the influence of skewness in asset fundamentals on asset prices under different states of uncertainty in …, prices of all assets, irrespective of skewness, are very efficient from the beginning. Thus, when probabilities are not …
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In this paper we experimentally test skewness seeking at the individuallevel. Several prospects that can be ordered … find that the skewness of a distribution has a significantimpact on the decisions. Yet, while skewness has an impact, its … directiondi®ers substantially across subjects: 39% of our subjects act in accordancewith skewness seeking and 10% seem to avoid …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005866533
It is shown how to test revealed preference data on choices under uncertainty for consistency with first and second order stochastic dominance (FSD or SSD). The axiom derived for SSD is a necessary and sufficient condition for risk aversion. If an investor is risk averse, stochastic dominance...
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Ambiguity aversion is the interpretation of the experimental finding (Ellsberg paradox) that most subjects prefer betting on events whose probabilities are known (objective) to betting on events whose probabilities are unknown (subjective). However in typical experiments these unknown...
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