Why does myopia decrease the willingness to invest? Is it myopic loss aversion or myopic loss probability aversion?

DOI10.1007/S11238-010-9236-1zbMath1274.91153OpenAlexW3125296967MaRDI QIDQ656887

Martin Weber, Thomas Langer, Stefan Zeisberger

Publication date: 13 January 2012

Published in: Theory and Decision (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11238-010-9236-1

zbMATH Keywords

prospect theoryexperimental economicsmyopic loss aversionrepeated investing

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Decision theory (91B06) Portfolio theory (91G10)

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