Arbeitspapier

Myopic loss aversion, disappointment aversion, and the equity premium puzzle

This paper takes a close look at the 'behavioural finance' explanations of the equity premium puzzle, namely myopic loss aversion (Benartzi and Thaler, 1995) and disappointment aversion (Ang, Bekaert and Liu, 2000). The paper proposes a simple specification of loss and disappointment aversion and brings these theories to the data. The main conclusion of the paper is that a highly short-sighted investment horizon is required for the historical equity premium to be explained by loss aversion, while reasonable values for disappointment aversion are found also for long investment horizons. So, stocks may lose only in the short term, but may disappoint also in the long term.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: ECB Working Paper ; No. 203

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Portfolio Choice; Investment Decisions
Asset Pricing; Trading Volume; Bond Interest Rates
Thema
disappointment aversion
equity premium puzzle
investment horizon
Myopic loss aversion
reference dependence

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Fielding, David
Stracca, Livio
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
European Central Bank (ECB)
(wo)
Frankfurt a. M.
(wann)
2003

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Fielding, David
  • Stracca, Livio
  • European Central Bank (ECB)

Entstanden

  • 2003

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