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Loss aversion (simply) does not materialize for smaller losses [PDF]

open access: yesJudgment and Decision Making, 2022
Loss aversion, the argument that losses are given more weight than gains, has been recently shown to be absent in small losses. However, a series of studies by Mrkva et al.
Dana Zeif, Eldad Yechiam
doaj   +3 more sources

Loss aversion and market crashes. [PDF]

open access: yesEcon Model, 2020
This study proposes a rational expectation equilibrium model of stock market crashes with information asymmetry and loss averse speculators. We obtain a state-dependent linear optimal trading strategy, which makes the equilibrium price tractable. The model predicts nonlinear market depth and the result that small shocks to fundamentals (e.g., supply or
Ouzan S.
europepmc   +4 more sources

Student performance and loss aversion* [PDF]

open access: yesThe Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2022
AbstractWe match data on performance in a multiple‐choice examination with data on risk preferences from a classroom experiment. Students who are more loss averse leave more questions unanswered and perform worse in the exam when an incorrect answer is penalized compared with no answer. Thus, loss aversion parameters extracted from lottery choices in a
Karle, Heiko   +2 more
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Measurement-induced focusing and the magnitude of loss aversion: The difference between comparing gains to losses and losses to gains [PDF]

open access: yesJudgment and Decision Making, 2012
Research has identified loss aversion as a strong and robust phenomenon, but has also revealed some moderators affecting the magnitude of its effect on decision making.
Ilja Van Beest   +3 more
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The Effect of Investors' Myopic Loss Aversions (MLA) on Iinvestments in Stocks in Tehran Stock Exchange [PDF]

open access: yesمطالعات تجربی حسابداری مالی, 2020
Given the importance of the growth and development of the capital market in a country, knowing the factors that affect people's equity investment can help Capital market development and growth.
Mohammad Hasan Ebrahimi Sarv Olia   +2 more
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Amygdala–prefrontal connectivity modulates loss aversion bias in anxious individuals

open access: yesNeuroImage, 2020
Anxious individuals tend to make pessimistic judgments in decision making under uncertainty. While this phenomenon is commonly attributed to risk aversion, loss aversion is a critical but often overlooked factor. In this study, we simultaneously examined
Pengfei Xu   +9 more
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Loss aversion and perceptional risk aversion [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
This paper analyzes, for S-shaped value functions, the relations between loss aversion and perceptional risk aversion (i.e. computed with the perceived probability weights) in Cumulative Prospect Theory.
Maggi, Mario Alessandro
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Envy and Loss Aversion in Tournaments [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Economic Psychology, 2013
In tournaments, the large variance in effort provision is incompatible with standard economic theory. In our experiment we test theoretical predictions about the role of envy and loss aversion in tournaments.
Gerald Eisenkopf, Sabrina Teyssier
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The relationship between the psychological distress derived from COVID-19 and the loss aversion is modulated by the alexithymia trait

open access: yesRetos, 2023
Studies on stress and decision-making usually address acute and artificial stressors. However, COVID-19 outbreak set the perfect scenario to address how decision-making, and specifically loss aversion, could be affected by a real and persistent stressor,
Francisco Molins, Miguel Angel Serrano
doaj   +3 more sources

ON LOSS AVERSION IN CAPUCHIN MONKEYS [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 2008
Chen, Lakshminarayanan, and Santos (2006) claim to show in three choice experiments that monkeys react rationally to price and wealth shocks, but, when faced with gambles, display hallmark, human‐like biases that include loss aversion. We present three experiments with monkeys and humans consistent with a reinterpretation of their data that attributes ...
Alan, Silberberg   +6 more
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