From Boom 'til Bust : How Loss Aversion Affects Asset Prices

This article studies the impact of heterogeneous loss averse investors on asset prices. In very good states loss averse investors become gradually less risk averse as wealth rises above their reference point, pushing up equity prices. When wealth drops below the reference point the investors become...

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Main Authors: Berkelaar, Arjan, Kouwenberg, Roy
Language:EN
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5411