Essays about: "prospect theory"

Showing result 31 - 35 of 85 essays containing the words prospect theory.

  1. 31. INVESTMENT ADVICE FROM INSIDERS : The impact of Insider Trading on Long-Term IPO Stock Performance in Sweden

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Anton Leth; Jakob Vikström; [2020]
    Keywords : Initial Public Offering; Insider Trading; Stock performance; Sweden; Efficient Market Hypothesis; Agency Theory; Signaling Theory; Stakeholder Theory; Prospect Theory.;

    Abstract : This thesis analyzes and evaluates the relationship between insider trading and the long-term stock performance of Initial Public Offerings (IPO) in Sweden. The study looks at firms that recently conducted an IPO and how the stock performance of the firm is impacted by insiders making transactions in their own stock. READ MORE

  3. 32. Teaching Literature as a Means to Promoting Critical Thinking -A Teacher Perspective

    University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för humaniora, utbildnings- och samhällsvetenskap

    Author : Abdul Samad Abdul Samad; [2020]
    Keywords : Rreading literature; critical thinking; developing critical thinking skills; the reader-response approach; Socratic Questioning skill; efferent reading; aesthetic reading; methods and activities;

    Abstract : Developing critical thinking and mastering its skills has been a vital priority for the curriculum in Swedish upper-secondary school. The National Curriculum for upper-secondary school and the syllabus for the English subject emphasize the importance of implementing and enhancing the development of the students’ critical thinking which leads to having active learners who are able to think creatively and keeps them away from becoming narrow-minded. READ MORE

  4. 33. Are investors better safe than sorry? The impact of extreme losses in the return distribution on capital allocation in actively managed equity funds

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Ylvali Busch; Gustav Göransson; [2020]
    Keywords : Mutual funds; Actively managed equity funds; Fund flows; Extreme payoffs; Prospect theory;

    Abstract : In this paper, we show that capital flow to actively managed equity funds is dependent on past extreme negative return states of the fund. Specifically, we examine how an extreme negative monthly payoff impacts the investment flow of actively managed equity funds in the following year, adjusting for past performance and other fund characteristics. READ MORE

  5. 34. Evidence from an Investment Experiment on the Disposition Effect : Does experience always work to your advantage?

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    Author : Aron Frieman; Etiosa Richmore; [2020]
    Keywords : Disposition Effect; Behavioral Finance;

    Abstract : Abstract Background: ​The disposition effect is a well-documented effect in behavioral finance, first brought to light in 1985 by Shefrin and Statman. The effect is caused by investors valuating unrealized gains and losses differently which can be connected to concepts like the prospect theory, Tverksy and Kahneman (1979), and loss aversion Kahneman et al. READ MORE

  6. 35. Seaweed is Sexy : The consumption and utilisation of seaweed throughout British history and the marketing that surrounds it

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Author : Rhianna Rees; [2019]
    Keywords : Seaweed. Algae. Marketing Theory. History. Environmental. Advertising. Blue Economy.;

    Abstract : Damp, rotting, smelly, rising from the depths, washed up on shorelines. Seaweed (or Macroalgae) has transitioned over time in its position and uses within the British Isles; as discussed in the thesis it has undergone an evolution from its historical use as a source of food in times of desperation, to the superfood it is lauded as today. READ MORE