Those with
high loss aversion choked when told they stood to gain a lot, while those with low loss aversion choked under the pressure of large prospective losses.
When compared to their performance on trials with no monetary value, those with
high loss aversion who were offered gains of $ 25 to $ 75 also showed improved performance, but when offered a $ 100 award, they choked.
High loss aversion seemed to help players» performance when they were threatened with increasing losses; even with a potential $ 100 loss, participants in this category didn't choke.
Not exact matches
Collectively, these factors helped the markets recover, and by mid-May, both crude oil and the S&P 500 Index were
higher than where they began 2016, as
loss aversion behavior had reverted to more historically average levels.
As shown in the following chart, the price of West Texas Intermediate (WTI)-- a benchmark for crude oil — fell early in 2016, sparking a global
loss aversion shift as investors began looking for a potentially
higher - yielding investment opportunity.
«But the effect was different for those with
high versus low
aversion to
loss.»
In order to evaluate the
loss of
aversion to cat urine in mice, we developed a rigorous
high throughput behavioral assay.
A machine also can not talk an active investor out of return - chasing, such as an over-allocation to equities at market
highs or
loss aversion with an under - allocation at market lows — at least not yet anyway.