The disposition effect in team investment decisions: Experimental evidence

Holger A. Rau

No 256, University of Göttingen Working Papers in Economics from University of Goettingen, Department of Economics

Abstract: This paper experimentally studies the disposition effects of teams and individuals. The disposition effect describes the phenomenon that investors are reluctant to realize losses, whereas winners are sold too early. Our experiments compare the investments of two-person teams to a setting where investors trade alone. We find that subjects investing jointly exhibit more pronounced disposition effects than individuals. A closer look reveals that investor teams hardly realize losses and predominately sell winners. The data suggest that decision-dependent emotions may explain the differences. That is, teams reporting high levels of regret exhibit significantly higher disposition effects than individuals.

Keywords: Decision-dependent emotions; Disposition Effect; Experiment; Team Decision Making (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C92 D70 G12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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