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Loss Aversion as a Potential Factor in the Sunk-Cost Fallacy
The sunk-cost fallacy (SCF) occurs when an individual makes an investment with a low probability of a payoff because an earlier investment was made. The investments may be time, effort, or money.
Veronika Tait, Harold L. Miller
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PENDEKATAN PERILAKU KEUANGAN TERHADAP KEPUTUSAN INVESTASI EMAS
This research aims to analyze the influence of representativeness, overconfidence, anchoring, loss aversion, and regret aversion towards gold investment decision. Sample of this study are gold investors in Batam.
Johny Budiman, Ervina
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To answer or not to answer? A field test of loss aversion [PDF]
This study is a field experiment on loss aversion. The framing of scoring rules was differentiated in two exams at the University of Warsaw, with only half the students facing explicit penalty points in the case of giving an incorrect answer.
Michał Krawczyk
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The Expectation-Based Loss-Averse Newsvendor [PDF]
We modify the classic single-period inventory management problem by assuming that the newsvendor is expectation-based loss averse according to Köszegi and Rabin (2006, 2007).
Herweg, Fabian
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ABSTRACT We conducted two framed field economic experiments with citrus farmers in Florida, United States and soybean farmers in Argentina to investigate their willingness to coordinate pest and weed management efforts. Despite the contrast between these two agricultural contexts, we find striking behavioral commonalities.
Ariel Singerman, Sergio H. Lence
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Omission matters: Reframing omission as action reduces apparent loss aversion
Loss aversion is considered a fundamental principle explaining risk-averse behavior in small-stakes gambling. However, this interpretation confounds loss aversion, with a preference for inaction over action.
Kazuhisa Nagaya +2 more
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Low Participation and Risk Reduction Potential of Supplemental Crop Insurance in the United States
ABSTRACT Federally subsidized crop insurance is a cornerstone of U.S. farm risk management, yet policies with the greatest share of participation only trigger indemnities after losses exceed 15%. Supplemental insurance was introduced to cover part of this deductible, but participation remains largely unchanged.
Francis Tsiboe +2 more
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Loss aversion and duration of residence
Background: Studies of internal migration ask who moves, why they move, and what are the consequences - to themselves, their origin, and their destination.
Philip S. Morrison, William A.V. Clark
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The Optimality of Simple Contracts: Moral Hazard and Loss Aversion [PDF]
This paper extends the standard principal-agent model with moral hazard to allow for agents having reference- dependent preferences according to Köszegi and Rabin (2006, 2007). The main finding is that loss aversion leads to fairly simple contracts.
Fabian Herweg +2 more
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Delaying the Inevitable? U.S. Screwworm Closures and Feeder Cattle Market Dynamics
ABSTRACT Biosecurity trade restrictions are commonly framed as preventive measures, yet in many settings they function primarily as policies of delay: they impose immediate market costs while only postponing the arrival of biological risks. This paper evaluates that intertemporal tradeoff using the 2024–2025 US suspension of live cattle imports from ...
Shelby Sumner +3 more
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