Arbeitspapier
No myopic loss aversion in adolescents? An experimental note
Myopic loss aversion (MLA) has been found to play a persistent role for investment behavior under risk. We study whether MLA is already present during adolescence. Quite surprisingly, we find no evidence of MLA in a sample of 755 adolescents. This finding is at odds with previous findings, and it might be explained by self-selection effects. In other dimensions, however, we are able to replicate stylized findings in our pool of adolescents, such that teams invest higher amounts than individuals and that women invest less than men.
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: Working Papers in Economics and Statistics ; No. 2013-07
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Design of Experiments: Laboratory, Individual
- Thema
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myopic loss aversion
experiment
adolescents
team-decision making
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Glätzle-Rützler, Daniela
Sutter, Matthias
Zeileis, Achim
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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University of Innsbruck, Research Platform Empirical and Experimental Economics (eeecon)
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Innsbruck
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2013
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:45 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Glätzle-Rützler, Daniela
- Sutter, Matthias
- Zeileis, Achim
- University of Innsbruck, Research Platform Empirical and Experimental Economics (eeecon)
Entstanden
- 2013