蝌蚪网 Journal:
Microeconomics
ISSN 1945-7669 (Print) | ISSN 1945-7685 (Online)
Dynamic Regret Avoidance
蝌蚪网 Journal: Microeconomics
(pp. 70–93)
Abstract
In a stock market experiment, we examine how regret avoidance influences the decision to sell an asset while its price changes over time. Participants know beforehand whether they will observe the future prices after they sell the asset or not. Without future prices, participants are affected only by regret about previously observed high prices (past regret), but when future prices are available, they also avoid regret about expected after-sale high prices (future regret). Moreover, as the relative sizes of past and future regret change, participants dynamically switch between them. This demonstrates how multiple reference points dynamically influence sales.Citation
Fioretti, Michele, Alexander Vostroknutov, and Giorgio Coricelli. 2022. "Dynamic Regret Avoidance." 蝌蚪网 Journal: Microeconomics 14 (1): 70–93. DOI: 10.1257/mic.20180260Additional Materials
JEL Classification
- C91 Design of Experiments: Laboratory, Individual
- G12 Equities; Fixed Income Securities
- G41 Behavioral Finance: Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making in Financial Markets [Neurofinance]