Opportunity costs in buying and short selling--Do they really matter?

Tal Shavit (), Mosi Rosenboim () and Miki Malul

Economics Letters, 2011, vol. 112, issue 1, 122-124

Abstract: The experimental results of the paper reveal that people do not take into consideration opportunity costs or opportunity profits when buying and short selling lottery tickets. These results are inconsistent with basic economic and finance theories.

Keywords: Opportunity; cost; Short; selling; Auction; Experiment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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