The disposition effect refers to the empirical fact that investors have a higher propensity to sell risky assets with capital gains compared to risky assets with capital losses, and it has been associated with low trading performance. We use a stock trading laboratory experiment to investigate if it is possible to reduce subjects' tendency to exhibit a disposition effect by making information a...

The information quality of mandatory financial reporting depends on two factors: (1) Are standards appropriate to produce financial statements that provide investors with sufficient information? (2) Is compliance to standards enforced by appropriate institutions? This paper addresses the question if firms should be able to create hidden reserves as an example for the effect of standards on info...

By using the data of Chinese manufacturing enterprises between 1999 and 2009, the specialization and diversification of China’s exports are calculated. The relationship between financial development and the specialization of export and diversification of exports were studied by using dynamic panel data. It is found that financial credit development could significantly improve specialization of ...

This study makes an innovative approach, since it applies a set of diversified tests, which have not been used on a joint basis until now, in order to study the contagion effects of financial crises in the stock markets of developed countries. This is particularly important due to the fact that existing literature has so far failed to adequately address the effects of financial crisis on the st...

Recent research shows that financial reports are losing relevance. Mainly this is due to the growing strategic importance of intangible assets in the performance of a company. A possible solution is to modify accounting standards so that statements include more self-generated intangible assets, taking into account with their inherent risk and difficulty of valuation. We surveyed loan officers w...

“Contagion: 1. a. Disease transmission by direct or indirect contact. b. A disease that is or may be transmitted by direct or indirect contact; a contagious disease. c. The direct cause, such as a bacterium or virus, of a communicable disease. 2. Psychology: The spread of a behavior pattern, attitude, or emotion from person to person or group to group through suggestion, propaganda, rumor, or i...

The use of financial incentives in construction projects has been seen as a way to improve short term motivation, collaboration and reinforce long term commitment between project stakeholders. Yet, very little empirical research has been conducted into how financial incentives should be applied in the context of particular project types in order to maximise their effectiveness. The aim of this ...

We present the first step in a program to develop a comprehensive, unified equilibrium theory of asset and liability pricing. We give a mathematical framework for pricing insurance products in a multiperiod financial market. This framework reflects classical economic principles (like utility maximization) and generates pricing algorithms for non-hedgeable insurance risks.

BACKGROUND Monetary incentives in survey research may provide important gains from a methodological perspective in the control and reduction of survey error associated with potential nonresponse of participants. However, few studies have systematically investigated the use of monetary incentives or other methods to improve the response rates in the nonphysician clinician population. OBJECTIVE...

We study the cascading dynamics immediately before and immediately after 219 market shocks. We define the time of a market shock T{c} to be the time for which the market volatility V(T{c}) has a peak that exceeds a predetermined threshold. The cascade of high volatility "aftershocks" triggered by the "main shock" is quantitatively similar to earthquakes and solar flares, which have been describ...