Skewness-seeking behavior and financial investments
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Keywords
Skewness; Risk-taking; Stochastic Dominance; Experiment;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C91 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Individual Behavior
- D81 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty
- G11 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Portfolio Choice; Investment Decisions
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CBE-2023-06-26 (Cognitive and Behavioural Economics)
- NEP-EXP-2023-06-26 (Experimental Economics)
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