Search Results - subject_exact:"Prospect theory"

How framing susceptibility is associated with investment grip : evidence from Japanese retail investors

Otchere-Appiah, Gideon; Kuramoto, Yu; Bawalle, Aliyu Ali; … - 2026

This study builds on the concept of loss tolerance by introducing investment grip, a behavioral interpretation that captures investors' commitment to long-term objectives under adverse market conditions. While loss tolerance traditionally measures the maximum financial loss an investor can...

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Risk-taking in high-stakes competition : evidence from olympic indoor volleyball

Dagaev, Dmitry; Ibragimova, Elina; Lodneva, Ekaterina - 2026

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Interest rate changes and borrower search behavior : an experimental replication with extensions

Kotrba, Vojtěch; Kotrba, Pavel - 2026

This study replicates Lukas and Nöth's (2019. Interest Rate Changes and Borrower Search Behavior." Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 163 (July): 172-89.) analysis of borrower behavior in response to interest rate changes, focusing on consumer decisions to seek alternative mortgage...

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Does negative online review matter? : an investigation of travel consumers

Pooja, K.; Upadhyaya, Pallavi - 2025

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Managed Expectations Theory : ex ante likelihoods influence ex post utilities

Zeckhauser, Richard; Viscusi, W. Kip - 2025

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Managed expectations theory : ex ante likelihoods influence ex post utilities

Zeckhauser, Richard; Viscusi, W. Kip - 2025

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Purchasing decisions with reference points and prospect theory in the metaverse

Tarnanidis, Theodore; Owusu-Frimpong, Nana; Sousa, Bruno; … - 2025

The aim of this study is to analyze the factors that influence consumer referents or reference points and their interaction during the decision-making process, along with the principles of prospect theory in the metaverse with market and retail examples. We conducted an integrative literature...

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Meta-analysis of prospect theory parameters

Imai, Taisuke; Nunnari, Salvatore; Wu, Jilong; Vieider, … - 2025

We present a meta-analysis of prospect theory (PT ) parameters, summarizing data from 166 papers reporting 812 estimates. These parameters capture risk-taking propensities, thus holding interest beyond PT. We develop an inverse-variance weighted method that accounts for correlations in PT...

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The concept of a behavioral model of decision-making under risk

Falkiewicz, Ewa - 2025

This study outlines the decision-making process under risk considering the psychological aspects of the decision-maker. The aim is to construct a principle of an optimal decision for an individual decision-maker. The study considers a finite, d iscrete s et o f a cceptable decisions, a set of...

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Opportunities, threats, and strategic choice : the modifying role of emotion

Aarøen, Camilla; Selart, Marcus - 2025

Business models often transform due to adaptation in response to external changes. However, relatively little is known about what causes these types of adaptations. We suggest that threat-rigidity as well as prospect theory have the potential to explain what causes business model adaptation in...

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An investigation into the relationship between stock market fluctuations and mental health

Ruf, Ruben - 2025

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Attention allocation of investors on social media : the role of prospect theory

Reichenbach, Felix; Walther, Martin J. - 2025

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Catastrophic risk perception and the shared burden effect : an experimental study using prospect theory

Manghi, Riccardo; Di Cagno, Daniela - 2025

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Taxing carbon, framing responsibility : how framing, licensing and beliefs shape individual responsibility under carbon taxes

Guigourez, Mathieu - 2026

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Does Message Framing Matter for Tax Compliance? Evidence from a WhatsApp Field Experiment

Antonacci, Paulo; Chattha, Muhammad Khudadad; Soko, … - 2026

This study evaluates whether low-cost digital nudges delivered via WhatsApp can improve property tax compliance in Gorontalo, Indonesia. In a randomized controlled trial, individuals were as-signed to receive either (i) a soft-tone message emphasizing civic duty and public benefits, (ii) a...

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Behavioral attenuation

Enke, Benjamin; Graeber, Thomas; Oprea, Ryan; Yang, Jeffrey - 2026

We report the results of over 30 experiments to study the elasticity of economic decisions with respect to fundamentals. Our experiments cover a broad range of domains, from choice and valuation to belief formation, from strategic games to generic optimization problems, involving investment,...

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Who You Text Matters : Gendered Effects of Text Message Framing and Social Influence on Youth Training Enrollment

Anna, Jeannie; Boa, Patrice; Delavallade, Clara; Evans, … - 2026

This study evaluates a randomized trial in Côte d’Ivoire, implemented by the Africa Gender Innovation Lab (GIL), which tested whether varying the content and recipient of SMS reminders can increase enrollment among young people who had pre-registered for a skills training program. Messages...

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Prospect theory in the field : revealed preferences from mutual fund flows

Han, Bing; Sui, Pengfei; Yang, Wenhao - 2026

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Information framing and student decisions : evidence from an opportunity cost intervention

Behlen, Lars; Brade, Raphael; Himmler, Oliver; Jäckle, … - 2026

Opportunity costs are central to economic decision-making but often neglected. In a pre-registered experiment with 2,222 German university freshmen, one treatment provides salary information; another additionally frames it as the opportunity cost of delayed graduation. Only the opportunity cost...

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Effects of price path shapes and decision frames on emotions and investment decisions : experimental evidence

Cordes, Henning; Decke, Philipp; Nolte, Sven; … - 2026

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Abstract vs. concrete messages : reassessing the impact of construal level on prosocial behavior

Sheehan, Benjamin; Dissanayake, Pramodhya - 2026

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When wording changes what we find : the impact of inflation expectations on spending

Assenza, Tiziana; Huber, Stefanie J.; Mogilevskaja, Anna; … - 2026

We use a randomized experiment in the Bundesbank Online Panel-Households (n ≈ 3, 900) to show that the estimated link between inflation expectations and household consumption flips sign depending on survey wording. This finding reconciles prior contradictory results and has direct implications...

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When wording changes what we find : the impact of inflation expectations on spending

Assenza, Tiziana; Huber, Stefanie J.; Mogilevskaja, Anna; … - 2025

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Leveraging probability distortion to target prevention : a cardiovascular screening experiment in the Philippines

Baillon, Aurélien; Capuno, Joseph J.; Kraft, Aleli; … - 2026

We test whether a conditional cash lottery targets prevention on those doing too little because of inverse-S probability distortion that also causes overvaluation of a lottery. Consistent with theory, Filipinos perceiving their cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk in a wide intermediate interval...

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Comment on “Mental accounts and consumption sensitivity across the distribution of liquid assets” by Graham and McDowall (2026)

Gimeno-Ribes, Jaime - 2026

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Staging the lie : the impact of framing and content on the visibility of fake business news

Illia, Laura; Zyglidopoulos, Stelios C.; Bantimaroudis, … - 2026

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Ethos-based entrepreneurial framing : the case study of Alibaba’s Jack Ma

Chang, Shu-Chen; Hung, Hua-Wei - 2026

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Behavioral biases in investment decisions

Nahidi, Narmin - 2026

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The effects of spatial framing and attribute range on the measurement of nonuse values of biodiversity improvements

Uggeldahl, Kennet Christian; Lundhede, Thomas Hedemark; … - 2026

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Decision flexibility, not information feedback, explains myopic loss aversion

Schwaiger, Rene; Strucks, Markus; Zeisberger, Stefan - 2026

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"...All stakeholders are equally unhappy" : the politics of frame consensus

Döbbe, Friederike; Nyberg, Daniel - 2026

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Cooperation within EDI-oriented institutional framing

Clot, Sophie; Della Giusta, Marina; Dubois, Florent; … - 2026

How can cooperation be sustained in socially heterogeneous settings when institutions explicitly emphasize inclusion and diversity? We study this question using a field experiment based on a common-pool resource game conducted in four European cities. Participants face a repeated cooperation...

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Anchoring bias and cross- border acquisition premia

Barbopoulos, Leonidas G.; Danbolt, Jo - 2026 - This version: June 18, 2026

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Investment targets as reference points

Pitkäjärvi, Aleksi; Vacca, Matteo; Vokata, Petra - 2026

We provide the first evidence of forward-looking reference points in investor behavior. Combining administrative data on option traders with a stacked difference-in-differences design, we show that investors' propensity to sell options spikes precisely when the underlying asset crosses the...

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Local versus national : the effect of correcting income misperceptions on inequality beliefs and preferences

Berriochoa, Kattalina M.; Morris, Katy; McNeil, Andrew - 2026

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Cognitive bias and trust in digital accounting decisions

Lampropoulos, Ioannis Ch.; Aggelopoulos, Eleftherios; … - 2026

This study maps how cognitive and behavioral concepts such as trust, emotion, and bias are represented in the literature on digital financial accounting-based decision-making and FinTech adoption (artificial intelligence, blockchain, big data analytics, and automated reporting). The study...

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Why equity crowdfunding investors reject opportunities : an exploration of negative attributes

Berliner, Daniel; Gimmon, Eli - 2026

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The effect of perceived risks and overall risk perception on international tourists' behavioural intention : insights from Bali

Setiawan, Gunaro; Dewantara, Made Handijaya; Nimri, Rawan; … - 2026

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Decision models and online betting behavior : comparing mean-variance, expected utility, and prospect theory

Reichenbach, Felix; Walther, Martin J. - 2026

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Learning to win by fearing to lose : the surprising power of loss aversion in education

Ertl, Antal; Holb, Éva; Bakó, Barna - 2026

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Expected utility without linearity : distinguishing between prospect theory and cumulative prospect theory

Mononen, Lasse - 2026

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Mononen, Lasse - 2025

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What drives voter turnout? : experimental insights on collectivism and probability weighting

Faravelli, Marco; Gordon, Benedict; Huisman, Joshua; Te … - 2026

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The gender reference point gap : evidence from a representative sample

Levy, Jonathan; Ru, Olivia; Tymula, Agnieszka - 2026

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Individual utilities of life satisfaction reveal inequality aversion unrelated to political alignment

Cooper, Crispin; Fredrich, Ana; Reggiani, Tommaso; … - 2026

How should well-being be prioritised in society, and what trade-offs are people willing to make between fairness and personal well-being? We investigate these questions using a stated preference experiment with a nationally quasi-representative UK sample (n = 300), in which participants...

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Reference points driven investors' demand, disposition effect and momentum in stock returns

De Giorgi, Enrico; Kachel, Dominik; Leitner, Robert - 2026

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Framed contributor status shapes UK-resident natives' and immigrants' distributive choices and fair-share beliefs

Dezső, Linda; Koch, Christian - 2026

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Evolution of "pay-it-forward" in the presence of the temptation to free-ride

Uchida, Satoshi; Sasaki, Tatsuya; Yamamoto, Hitoshi; … - 2024

Paying it forward" is a behavior in which people help someone else because they were helped in the past. Although experimental evidence exists that indicates that real human beings often "pay-it-forward" even in the face of free-rider risks, the theoretical basis for the evolution of this...

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Automated machine learning and asset pricing

Healy, Jerome V.; Gregoriou, Andros; Hudson, Robert - 2024

We evaluate whether machine learning methods can better model excess portfolio returns compared to the standard regression-based strategies generally used in the finance and econometric literature. We examine 17 benchmark factor model specifications based on Expected Utility Theory and theory...

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Dynamic liability-driven investment under sponsor's loss aversion

Lee, Dong-Hwa; Sung, Jooho - 2024

This paper investigates a dynamic liability-driven investment policy for defined-benefit (DB) plans by incorporating the loss aversion of a sponsor, who is assumed to be more sensitive to underfunding than overfunding. Through the lens of prospect theory, we first set up a loss-aversion utility...

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Market equilibrium and the cost of capital with heterogeneous investment horizons

Levy, Moshe; Levy, Haim - 2024

Expected returns, variances, betas, and alphas are all non-linear functions of the investment horizon. This seems to be a fatal conceptual problem for the capital asset pricing model (CAPM), which assumes a unique common horizon for all investors. We show that under the standard assumptions, the...

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Prospects of deterrence : deterrence theory, representation and evidence

Sörenson, Karl - 2024

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Does prior success influence risk-taking in foreign location decisions? : a prospect theory perspective

Schwaiger, Kathrin; Hennrich, Petra; Fisch, Jan Hendrik - 2024

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