Essays about: "strutseffekten"

Found 1 essay containing the word strutseffekten.

  1. 1. Put your head in the sand or lose a grand? : A natural experiment of the ostrich effect and the disposition effect

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Nationalekonomi

    Author : Josefine Tapper; Cajsa Baars; [2018]
    Keywords : Behavioural economics; behaviour; ostrich effect; disposition effect; savings; natural experiment; Homo Ignorans; financial behaviour; finance; bank; beteendeekonomi; beteende; strutseffekten; dispositionseffekten; sparande; naturligt experiment; Homo Ignorans; finansiellt beteende; finans; bank;

    Abstract : This thesis presents an attempt to find evidence of the ostrich effect and the disposition effect, as well as individual differences in self-assessed financial knowledge and its effect on these biases. The ostrich effect refers to the tendency to deliberately avoid information that might be negative, by "sticking your head in the sand". READ MORE