2022
DOI: 10.1111/jofi.13122
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Fully Closed: Individual Responses to Realized Gains and Losses

Abstract: We analyze how individuals reinvest realized capital gains and losses exploiting plausibly exogenous sales due to mutual fund liquidations. Individuals reinvest 83% if a forced sale results in a gain relative to the initial investment; but reinvest only 40% in the event of a loss. This difference is statistically significant for more than six months and arises because many individuals forced to realize a loss choose not to reinvest anything and some even exit the stock market altogether. Individuals treat real… Show more

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“…Moreover, there is evidence that the learning process followed by agents is not as smooth as we would like, since agents also have cognition biases. For example, there is evidence that agents assign more weight to negative news than positive (Meyer and Pagel, 2021). In addition, agents may stop paying attention to new information that contradicts their previous personal opinions (i.e., there is a confirmatory bias;…”
Section: Hypothesesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Moreover, there is evidence that the learning process followed by agents is not as smooth as we would like, since agents also have cognition biases. For example, there is evidence that agents assign more weight to negative news than positive (Meyer and Pagel, 2021). In addition, agents may stop paying attention to new information that contradicts their previous personal opinions (i.e., there is a confirmatory bias;…”
Section: Hypothesesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Several previous researchers have carried out international and national studies related to loss accounting. For example, on an international scale, there are (Meyer & Pagel, 2022) through research on "Fully Closed: Individual Responses to Realized Gains and Losses". The analysis indicates that when faced with a forced sale resulting in a profit, individuals tend to reinvest 83%, while in the case of a loss, the investment rate only reaches 40%.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Overconfidence is a psychological bias that can lead to investor behaviors such as excessive trading and excessive risk taking. This link between the disposition effect and investor overconfidence could help explain why retail investors tend to re-invest more after realized gains and tend to reduce their risk and stock market participation af-ter realized losses (Meyer and Pagel, 2022). In addition, the connection between the disposition effect and investor overconfidence suggests that reducing the disposition effect could also reduce overconfidence.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 97%