FDI, terrorism and the availability heuristic for U.S. investors before and after 9/11

J. Bos, Michael Frömmel and Martien Lamers

No 47, Research Memorandum from Maastricht University, Graduate School of Business and Economics (GSBE)

Abstract: We record the existence of an availability heuristic that is reflected in disaster myopia of U.S. investors and exists prior to the attacks of 9/11. We argue that this is fueled by an aggregate experience hypothesis effect, resulting in a pronounced increase in the sensitivity of U.S. stock prices to terrorist attacks on foreign soil. After 9/11, stock prices react proportionally to the size of an attack and the share of FDI stock held in the region by the sector in which firms operate. This effect, non-existent prior to 2002, has become increasingly strong in recent years.

Date: 2013-01-01
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DOI: 10.26481/umagsb.2013047

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