How price path characteristics shape investment behavior

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How price path characteristics shape investment behavior. / Nolte, Sven; Schneider, Judith C.
In: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Vol. 154, 01.10.2018, p. 33-59.

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title = "How price path characteristics shape investment behavior",
abstract = "Price paths are often the only graphical representation of financial products investors receive before making an investment decision. We argue that price paths serve as ”graphical” frames that influence the perceived attractiveness of an asset by highlighting specific asset characteristics. In a controlled lab experiment we find that price paths have an impact on investment decisions. In a regression we test a simple model relating the perception of price path shapes to several heuristics. These heuristics are: focusing on more recent outcomes, deriving implicit reference prices from focal prices, focusing on losses, and estimating risk from the amplitude of the path. We conclude that investment decisions are systematically biased due to the shape of an asset's price path.",
keywords = "Attribute framing, Behavioral investment choice, Experiment, Loss aversion, Price paths, Reference point, Management studies",
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year = "2018",
month = oct,
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doi = "10.1016/j.jebo.2018.07.018",
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journal = "Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization",
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publisher = "Elsevier B.V.",

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KW - Behavioral investment choice

KW - Experiment

KW - Loss aversion

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