Home-field advantage or a matter of ambiguity aversion? Local bias among German individual investors [PDF]
We analyze the effect of geographic proximity on individual investors' portfolio choice. Using a unique data set which covers the common stockholdings of private households at regional banks in Germany, we document strong and consistent overinvestment in
Stolper, Oscar +2 more
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Are Women More Risk Averse? A Sequel
RisksThis paper reexamines the question of gender differences in financial relative risk aversion using updated methods and data. Specifically, the paper revisits the 1998 work “Are women more risk averse?” by Jianakoplos and Bernasek, suggests refinements in
Christos I. Giannikos +1 more
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The behaviour of individual investors in Malaysia: a governance perspective [PDF]
Despite the many benefits that good governance brings to investors, academics contend that individual investors have no significant role to play in governance as it is economically unviable and too time consuming for them.
Yeoh, Ken
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Word-of-mouth effects in individual investors’ trading: evidence from Korea [PDF]
Seonmul yeonguThis paper examines the hypothesis of local herding (i.e. own-area effects) by individual investors on a particular stock-month. Using a unique dataset on online and offline individual investors’ trading records in Korea, we analyze buying and selling ...
Sujung Choi
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The Birthplace Bias of Individual Investors
, 2015 We introduce the concepts of “birthplace bias” and “counterfactual bias” to examine individual investors’ bias towards their birthplace and to the new location after they move from their birthplace.
Mavruk, Taylan, +2 more
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What about companies matters to share investors? An exploratory study of Australian institutional and individual investor preferences [PDF]
, 2016 This thesis is an exploratory study of the attributes of companies and their shares that are most important to the investment decision making of institutional and individual investors.
Schiefelbein, Peter Noel
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Individual investors' trading behavior in Moscow Exchange and the COVID-19 crisis. [PDF]
J Behav Exp Finance, 2021 Djalilov A, Ülkü N.
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Institutional investors and stock market efficiency: The case of the January anomaly [PDF]
In this paper, we investigate the effect of institutional investors on the January stock market anomaly. The Polish and Hungarian pension system reforms and the associated increase in investment activities of pension funds are used as a unique ...
Pál, Rozália +2 more
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Individual Investors and Corporate Bonds Market. Evidence from Poland
Nauki o FinansachAim: The aim of this article was to identify the preferences of individual investors in the context of investing in corporate bonds. Methodology: The study was based on two questionnaire studies with closed questions, conducted in 2018 and 2024 ...
Kamil Gemra, Janusz Maruszewski
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Impact of COVID-19 on portfolio allocation decisions of individual investors. [PDF]
J Public Aff, 2021 Himanshu +3 more
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