The Leverage Self-Delusion: Perceived Wealth and Cognitive Sophistication
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چکیده
Existing evidence suggests that individuals frequently misperceive the value of their wealth. We test existence, and estimate sign magnitude, an inaccurate perception individual net worth. By conducting a laboratory experiment, we find most subjects perceive given worth as greater than its true this misperception increases for lower values leverage ratio i.e., liabilities-assets ratio. identify explanation relating to low cognitive sophistication inattentive thinking. Finally, such wealth predicts impatience, debt aversion marginal propensities consume out positive (transitory) income shocks.
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عنوان ژورنال: Social Science Research Network
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['1556-5068']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4019004