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, Vol. 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",
author = "Sebastian Krull and Loschelder, {David D.} and Matthias Pelster",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2024 The Author(s)",
year = "2024",
month = dec,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1016/j.qref.2024.101916",
language = "English",
volume = "98",
journal = "Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance",
issn = "1062-9769",
publisher = "Elsevier B.V.",

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AU - Pelster, Matthias

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PY - 2024/12/1

Y1 - 2024/12/1

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

KW - Business psychology

KW - Management studies

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