Sensation-seeking hedge funds

• Main Authors: BROWN, Stephen, LU, Yan, RAY, Sugata, TEO, Melvyn
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2017
• Subjects: Sensation seeking; Hedge funds; Risk; Operational risk; Finance and Financial Management; Portfolio and Security Analysis
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/5253; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/6252/viewcontent/SensationSeekingHedgeFunds_2017.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Using a novel dataset of hedge fund manager automobile purchases, we show that, motivated by sensation seeking, hedge fund managers often take risk for personal and non-pecuniary reasons. In line with the sensation seeking view, managers who own powerful sports cars take on more investment risk but...