Smoking hot portfolios? Self-control and investor decisions

  • INDIVIDUALS WITH LOWER SELF-CONTROL OFTEN FAIL IN STICKING TO THEIR PLANS WHEN FACING STRONG TEMPTATIONS. ARE THEY ALSO PRONE TO EXHIBIT INVESTMENT BIASES AND SHOW A MORE IMPULSIVE TRADING BEHAVIOR WHILE FORFEITING POTENTIAL PERFORMANCE IN A FINANCIAL CONTEXT? WE USE CIGARETTE ADDICTION, IDENTIFIED THROUGH CHECKING ACCOUNT TRANSACTIONS, AS A PROXY FOR LOW SELFCONTROL AND COMPARE THE INVESTMENT BEHAVIOR OF SMOKERS TO THAT OF NONSMOKERS TO ADDRESS THIS QUESTION EMPIRICALLY.

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Author:Charline UhrORCiDGND, Steffen MeyerORCiDGND, Andreas HackethalORCiDGND
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-580403
ISSN:1866-1238
Parent Title (English):EFL quarterly : an E-Finance Lab publication
Publisher:E-Finance Lab e.V.
Place of publication:Frankfurt am Main
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Year of Completion:2019
Year of first Publication:2019
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2021/01/25
Volume:2019
Issue:2
Page Number:2
First Page:4
Last Page:5
HeBIS-PPN:477499864
Institutes:Angeschlossene und kooperierende Institutionen / E-Finance Lab e.V.
Dewey Decimal Classification:3 Sozialwissenschaften / 33 Wirtschaft / 330 Wirtschaft
Sammlungen:Universitätspublikationen
Licence (German):License LogoDeutsches Urheberrecht