Reference Point Adaptation and Disposition Effect: Evidence from Institutional Trading

• Main Authors: CHIYACHANTANA, Chiraphol N., YANG, Zongfei
• 格式: text
• 語言: Undetermined
• 出版: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2010
• 主題: disposition effect; prospect theory; reference point adaptation; institutional investors; Finance and Financial Management; Portfolio and Security Analysis
• 在線閱讀: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/3038; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/4037/viewcontent/NewC_Disposition_effect_12_18_09.pdf
• 機構: Singapore Management University

Using a large proprietary database of institutional trades, we investigate whether, and to what extent, the dynamic adaptation of reference point translates into variations in the disposition effect, and establish three key results. First, the propensity to realize losses declines sharply with the m...