The impact of (social) anchors on Prospect Theory's value function

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The impact of (social) anchors on Prospect Theory's value function. / Krull, Sebastian; Loschelder, David D.; Pelster, Matthias.
in: Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, Jahrgang 98, 101916, 01.12.2024.

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title = "The impact of (social) anchors on Prospect Theory's value function",
abstract = "Anchoring impacts risk-taking decisions. This paper provides experimental evidence (n = 744) that (social) anchors shift the Prospect Theory's value function (Kahneman and Tversky, 1979; Tversky and Kahneman, 1992). We observe that extreme (social) anchors lead to shifts in the value function, indicating a change in risk-taking. Anchors that are in line with risk-averse (risk-seeking) behavior lead, relative to the baseline, to more risk-averse (risk-seeking) decisions. Our findings are similar for social and non-social environments.",
keywords = "Anchoring, Decisions under risk, Peer effects, Risk-taking, Social interactions, Business psychology, Management studies",
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N2 - Anchoring impacts risk-taking decisions. This paper provides experimental evidence (n = 744) that (social) anchors shift the Prospect Theory's value function (Kahneman and Tversky, 1979; Tversky and Kahneman, 1992). We observe that extreme (social) anchors lead to shifts in the value function, indicating a change in risk-taking. Anchors that are in line with risk-averse (risk-seeking) behavior lead, relative to the baseline, to more risk-averse (risk-seeking) decisions. Our findings are similar for social and non-social environments.

AB - Anchoring impacts risk-taking decisions. This paper provides experimental evidence (n = 744) that (social) anchors shift the Prospect Theory's value function (Kahneman and Tversky, 1979; Tversky and Kahneman, 1992). We observe that extreme (social) anchors lead to shifts in the value function, indicating a change in risk-taking. Anchors that are in line with risk-averse (risk-seeking) behavior lead, relative to the baseline, to more risk-averse (risk-seeking) decisions. Our findings are similar for social and non-social environments.

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KW - Decisions under risk

KW - Peer effects

KW - Risk-taking

KW - Social interactions

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