Ambiguity attitudes

ST Trautmann, G Van De Kuilen - The Wiley Blackwell …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
This chapter reviews the experimental literature on ambiguity attitudes, focusing on three
topics. First, it considers various approaches to operationalize ambiguity in experiments …

Risk preferences around the world

MO Rieger, M Wang, T Hens - Management Science, 2015 - pubsonline.informs.org
We present results from a large-scale international survey on risk preferences conducted in
53 countries. In all countries, we find, on average, an attitude of risk aversion in gains and of …

Asset prices and macroeconomic outcomes: a survey

S Claessens, MA Kose - 2017 - papers.ssrn.com
This paper surveys the literature on the linkages between asset prices and macroeconomic
outcomes. It focuses on three major questions. First, what are the basic theoretical linkages …

Frontiers of macrofinancial linkages

S Claessens, MA Kose - BIS Paper, 2018 - papers.ssrn.com
Abstract The Great Financial Crisis of 2007-09 confirmed the vital importance of advancing
our understanding of macrofinancial linkages, the two-way interactions between the real …

The impact of aggregate uncertainty on herding in analysts' stock recommendations

MC Lin - International Review of Financial Analysis, 2018 - Elsevier
This study examines whether aggregate uncertainty affects the herding tendency among
analysts. The results show that, in addition to market risk and firm-level uncertainty, analysts' …

What leads to overtrading and under-diversification? Survey evidence from retail investors in an emerging market

TC Phan, MO Rieger, M Wang - Journal of Behavioral and Experimental …, 2018 - Elsevier
Using detailed survey data of 620 Vietnamese investors, we examine the characteristics and
behavioral patterns that lead to overtrading and under-diversification. We also investigate …

Option implied ambiguity and its information content: Evidence from the subprime crisis

T Driouchi, L Trigeorgis, RHY So - Annals of Operations Research, 2018 - Springer
This paper studies option investors' tendency to deviate from risk-neutrality around extreme
financial events. We incorporate ambiguity into Black–Scholes theory and analyze the lead …

Corporate cash holdings and ambiguity aversion

W Breuer, MO Rieger, KC Soypak - Review of Finance, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Previous literature on cash management has revealed that firms hoard cash to protect
themselves against external financing constraints that might limit future capital budgeting …

The ambiguity of fishing for fun

J Holzer, K McConnell - Journal of the Association of …, 2023 - journals.uchicago.edu
Recreational fishing is among the most popular outdoor recreational activities in the world.
However, uncertainty in angler response to changes in regulation has limited managers' …

A mean‐preserving increase in ambiguity and portfolio choices

YC Huang, LY Tzeng - Journal of Risk and Insurance, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
This article investigates under what conditions an increase in ambiguity reduces demand for
an uncertain asset (or raises demand for coinsurance). We find that the comparative statics …