Essays about: "investor overconfidence"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the words investor overconfidence.

1. 1. Gamification and its effect on investor behaviour : A qualitative study investigating the gamified trading platform Avanza

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

   Author : Marcus Moore; Hugo Ljungkvist; [2022]
   Keywords : Gamification; Behavioural finance; Octalysis; Avanza; Financial literacy;

   Abstract : The gamification trend has in recent years gained a strong hold across the field of finance. Market participants are leveraging the benefits of implementing game-design elements to previously mundane banking activities. READ MORE

3. 2. The impact of overconfidence on trading volume during economic changes

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   Author : Reha Gügercin; Sabrina Tina Richter; [2021]
   Keywords : Overconfidence • COVID-19 • Trading volume • Individual investors • Investor behaviour • The correlation of psychological and economic variables;

   Abstract : A central topic in behavioural finance is extensive trading. One of the most common behav- ioural explanations for this phenomenon is overconfidence. In finance, overconfident traders feel that their information is sufficient to justify a trade even though it is not. READ MORE

4. 3. Impact of Overconfidence Bias on Entrepreneurs Financing Decisions : The Case of Growth-oriented Startups in Sweden and Germany

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   Author : Suci Ariyanti; Hayk Mnatsakanyan; [2020]
   Keywords : Startups; cognitive bias; overconfidence; entrepreneurial cognition; capital financing; institutional comparison; entrepreneurship;

   Abstract : Background: Both Authors have many years of finance background and as well as studying entrepreneurship motivated to tackle the less researched area in entrepreneurship: entrepreneurs’ behavioural impact on their financial decisions. Such decisions in initial stages of startup formation have a critical impact on company’s future development which raises the importance of understanding the behavioural motives of the entrepreneurs. READ MORE

5. 4. Overconfidence among Swedish private investors : A regression study between the overconfidence behaviour among Swedish private investors and demographic factors.

   University essay from Jönköping University/Internationella Handelshögskolan

   Author : Anna Gustavsson; Emma Svenler; [2020]
   Keywords : Behavioural finance; Overconfidence; Overconfident investors; Demographic factors; Beteende finans; övertro; privata investerare; demografiska faktorer;

   Abstract : Background: For the past 30 years, the neoclassical finance has been questioned bybehavioural finance. The main difference is behavioural finance ́s ability to explain a behaviour that deviate from rationality. One of the major biases within behavioural finance is overconfidence. READ MORE

6. 5. The Investor’s Guide to Classroom Bias: Exploring the effects of educational background on overconfidence, on the financial market in Vietnam

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : William Wahlund Swahn; Linnea Warnemyr; [2020]
   Keywords : overconfidence; behavioural finance; education; miscalibration; signal reliability; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : Overconfident behaviour among investors has been marked as a substantial problem on financial markets. Consequently, many modellers and researchers have discussed the attributes of an overconfident trader, and the implications related to measuring such attributes. READ MORE