Arbeitspapier

The disposition effect when deciding on behalf of others

The disposition effect is a well-established phenomenon which describes the behavior of investors that are more willing to sell capital gains than capital losses. In this article we present experimental evidence on a situation where an investor decides on behalf of another person. In our setting, trading effort should only be affected by investors' intrinsic motivation, as trading actions only influence the profits of a matched person. In a control treatment, trades directly influence investors' profits. Overall, we find that trading on behalf of others increases disposition effects. In this treatment, we find that the effect is caused by inexperienced investors, characterized by a greater concern for others. Thus, trading for others results in an emotional burden for these investors, which leads to weak trading performance.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: cege Discussion Papers ; No. 332

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Design of Experiments: Laboratory, Individual
Household Saving; Personal Finance
Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty
Behavioral Finance: Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making in Financial Markets‡
Thema
disposition effect
experiment
decisions on behalf of others
social value orientation
loss aversion

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Hermann, Daniel
Mußhoff, Oliver
Rau, Holger A.
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
University of Göttingen, Center for European, Governance and Economic Development Research (cege)
(wo)
Göttingen
(wann)
2017

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Hermann, Daniel
  • Mußhoff, Oliver
  • Rau, Holger A.
  • University of Göttingen, Center for European, Governance and Economic Development Research (cege)

Entstanden

  • 2017

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