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Performance measurement with loss aversion [PDF]
Journal of Asset Management, 2005 We examine a simple measure of portfolio performance based on prospect theory, which captures not only risk and return but also reflects differential aversion to upside and downside risk. The measure we propose is a ratio of gains to losses, with the gains and losses weighted (if desired) to reflect risk-aversion for gains and risk-seeking for losses ...
Gordon Gemmill +2 more
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Loss Aversion and Risk Aversion in Non-Clinical Negative Symptoms and Hypomania. [PDF]
Front Psychiatry, 2020 In the field of behavioral decision-making, “loss aversion” is a behavioral phenomenon in which individuals show a higher sensitivity to potential losses than to gains.
Klaus F +4 more
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Decomposing loss aversion from a single neural signal. [PDF]
iScienceSummary: People often display stronger aversion to losses than appetite for equivalent gains, a widespread phenomenon known as loss aversion. The prevailing theory attributes loss aversion to a valuation bias that amplifies losses relative to gains.
Wang R, Wang X, Platt ML, Sheng F.
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Loss aversion (simply) does not materialize for smaller losses [PDF]
Judgment 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
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Negative Voters? Electoral Competition with Loss-Aversion [PDF]
, 2020 This paper studies the effect of voter loss-aversion in preferences over both candidate policy platforms and candidate valence on electoral competition.
Ben Lockwood (8627094) +1 more
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Student performance and loss aversion* [PDF]
The 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]
Judgment 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]
مطالعات 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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Loss Aversion in Politics [PDF]
American Journal of Political Science, 2019 AbstractWe study loss aversion in elections by investigating a median voter model (full convergence in a two‐candidate election) and a model of partial divergence of policy proposals. First, we show a status quo bias, an endowment effect, and a moderating effect of policies.
Alesina A., Passarelli F.
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ON LOSS AVERSION IN CAPUCHIN MONKEYS [PDF]
Journal 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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