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Perceived Versus Actual Susceptibility to Normative Influence in the Presence of Defaulting Landlords
Michael J. Seiler, David M. HarrisonUsing an instant response device within the context of a controlled experiment, we find that people’s self‐assessment of susceptibility to normative influence (SNI) differs…
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Testing for Long Memory in the Feedback Mechanism in the Futures Markets
Antonios Antoniou, Gregory Koutmos, Gioia PescettoThis paper investigates the possibility that futures markets attract noise traders who engage in positive feedback trading, an especially destabilizing form of noise trading. The…
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Financing Decisions and Discretionary Accruals: Managerial Manipulation or Managerial Overoptimism
Dalia Marciukaityte, Samuel H. SzewczykWe examine whether discretionary accruals of firms obtaining substantial external financing can be explained by managerial manipulation or managerial overoptimism. Insider trading…
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Double then Nothing: Why Stock Investments Relying on Simple Heuristics May Disappoint
Stephen FoersterBehavioral researchers argue that although individuals often rely on heuristics or rules of thumb that reduce the complexity involved in predicting values, such heuristics can…
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ISSN:
1940-5979Online date, start – end:
2009Copyright Holder:
Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditor:
- Professor Gulnur Muradoglu