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.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: Working Papers in Economics and Statistics ; No. 2013-07

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Design of Experiments: Laboratory, Individual
Thema
myopic loss aversion
experiment
adolescents
team-decision making

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Glätzle-Rützler, Daniela
Sutter, Matthias
Zeileis, Achim
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
University of Innsbruck, Research Platform Empirical and Experimental Economics (eeecon)
(wo)
Innsbruck
(wann)
2013

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
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

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