The effect of anticipated and experienced regret and pride on investors' future selling decisions

Carmen Lee, Roman Kräussl and Leo Paas

No 2012/17, CFS Working Paper Series from Center for Financial Studies (CFS)

Abstract: This paper investigates the effect of anticipated/experienced regret and pride on individual investors' decisions to hold or sell a winning or losing investment, in the form of the disposition effect. As expected the results suggest that in the loss domain, low anticipated regret predicts a greater probability of selling a losing investment. While in the gain domain, high anticipated pride indicates a greater probability of selling a winning investment. The effects of high experienced regret/pride on the selling probability are found as well. An unexpected finding is that regret (pride) seems to be not only relevant for the loss (gain) domain, but also for the gain (loss) domain. In addition, this paper presents evidence of interconnectedness between anticipated and experienced emotions. The authors discuss the implications of these findings and possible avenues for further research.

Keywords: Regret; Pride; Disposition Effect; Risky Decision (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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Working Paper: The Effect of Anticipated and Experienced Regret and Pride on Investors Future Selling Decisions* (2013)
Working Paper: The effect of anticipated and experienced regret and pride on investors' future selling decisions (2009)
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