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2019
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01490
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Assessing Risk Aversion From the Investor’s Point of View

Abstract: Throughout the financial literature, there is a great deal of debate about the nature of investors’ risk preferences. In an ever-changing world, the main schools of knowledge discuss the constant or dynamic basis of these preferences. Based on an exhaustive review of the subject of risk aversion, this paper contributes to filling the gap that exists in the literature on the risk aversion parameter that best fits the investors’ behavior toward risk. The main determinants of risk attitude are examined and the di… Show more

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“…Muir (2017) shows that the risk premium increases substantially in financial crises, and the asset price decline in financial crises is substantially larger than the decline in fundamentals so that expected returns going forward are large. Diaz and Esparcia (2019) explore this nature of time‐varying risk aversion and relate it to macroeconomic factors, investor sentiment, and behavioral factors. Earlier in Section 4, both the fundamentals (surplus ratios) and consumer sentiment are shown to increase the Sharpe ratios in recessionary markets.…”
Section: Economic Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Muir (2017) shows that the risk premium increases substantially in financial crises, and the asset price decline in financial crises is substantially larger than the decline in fundamentals so that expected returns going forward are large. Diaz and Esparcia (2019) explore this nature of time‐varying risk aversion and relate it to macroeconomic factors, investor sentiment, and behavioral factors. Earlier in Section 4, both the fundamentals (surplus ratios) and consumer sentiment are shown to increase the Sharpe ratios in recessionary markets.…”
Section: Economic Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…A 5% risk premium would be the effect of this. Depending on their level of risk aversion, each investors determine their own risk premium [2]. With a stated risk premium and risk-free rate, the formula can be rearranged to determine the anticipated return on an investment.…”
Section: Risk Premium Application In Financementioning
confidence: 99%
“…In this work, a static risk aversion factor is considered. Using a risk aversion factor function can improve the efficiency of the model results [50][51][52][53][54][55].…”
Section: Conclusion and Research Prospectsmentioning
confidence: 99%