Lawrence J. Jin

SC Johnson College of Business, Cornell University

Associate Professor of Finance

310E Warren Hall

Ithaca, NY 14850

United States

National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

1050 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, MA 02138

United States

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

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Prospect Theory and Stock Market Anomalies

10th Miami Behavioral Finance Conference
Number of pages: 83 Posted: 08 Nov 2019 Last Revised: 17 Dec 2020
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)Yale School of Management, SC Johnson College of Business, Cornell University and University of Florida - Department of Finance, Insurance and Real Estate
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prospect theory, loss aversion, probability weighting, cross-section

Prospect Theory and Stock Market Anomalies

NBER Working Paper No. w27155
Number of pages: 84 Posted: 18 May 2020 Last Revised: 13 Mar 2023
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)Yale School of Management, SC Johnson College of Business, Cornell University and University of Florida - Department of Finance, Insurance and Real Estate
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Extrapolative Beliefs in the Cross-Section: What Can We Learn from the Crowds?

Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 22 Mar 2018 Last Revised: 08 Sep 2020
Zhi Da, Xing Huang and Lawrence J. Jin
University of Notre Dame - Mendoza College of Business, Washington University in St. Louis - Olin Business School and SC Johnson College of Business, Cornell University
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return extrapolation; beliefs in the cross-section; expectation formation

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Asset Pricing with Return Extrapolation

Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 01 Oct 2017 Last Revised: 22 Nov 2021
Lawrence J. Jin and Pengfei Sui
SC Johnson College of Business, Cornell University and The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
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Citation 61

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expectations, extrapolation, asset prices

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Efficient Coding and Risky Choice

Quarterly Journal of Economics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 74 Posted: 05 Nov 2018 Last Revised: 03 Aug 2021
Cary Frydman and Lawrence J. Jin
University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business and SC Johnson College of Business, Cornell University
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efficient coding, perception, risky choice, neuroeconomics

The Law of Small Numbers in Financial Markets: Theory and Evidence

Number of pages: 84 Posted: 08 Nov 2017 Last Revised: 24 May 2024
Lawrence J. Jin and Cameron Peng
SC Johnson College of Business, Cornell University and London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Finance
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The Law of Small Numbers, Trading Behavior, Disposition Effect, Return Extrapolation

The Law of Small Numbers in Financial Markets: Theory and Evidence

NBER Working Paper No. w32519
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 03 Jun 2024
Lawrence J. Jin and Cameron Peng
SC Johnson College of Business, Cornell University and London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Finance
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Reflexivity in Credit Markets

Number of pages: 73 Posted: 12 Jan 2024
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit, Harvard University - Business School (HBS) and SC Johnson College of Business, Cornell University
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reflexivity, default extrapolation, return predictability

Reflexivity in Credit Markets

NBER Working Paper No. w25747
Number of pages: 74 Posted: 15 Apr 2019 Last Revised: 08 May 2023
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit, Harvard University - Business School (HBS) and SC Johnson College of Business, Cornell University
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Realization Utility with Reference-Dependent Preferences

The Review of Financial Studies (2013) 26 (3): 723-767.
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 01 Jan 2012 Last Revised: 20 Feb 2013
Jonathan E. Ingersoll and Lawrence J. Jin
Yale School of Management - International Center for Finance and SC Johnson College of Business, Cornell University
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Realization Utility, Prospect Theory, Disposition Effect

Model-free and Model-based Learning as Joint Drivers of Investor Behavior

Number of pages: 77 Posted: 24 Jan 2023 Last Revised: 19 Jul 2023
Nicholas Barberis, Nicholas Barberis and Lawrence J. Jin
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)Yale School of Management and SC Johnson College of Business, Cornell University
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model-free learning, reinforcement learning, Q-learning, extrapolation, experience effects

Model-Free and Model-Based Learning as Joint Drivers of Investor Behavior

NBER Working Paper No. w31081
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 03 Apr 2023 Last Revised: 21 Jul 2023
Nicholas Barberis, Nicholas Barberis and Lawrence J. Jin
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)Yale School of Management and SC Johnson College of Business, Cornell University
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Extrapolation and Bubbles

NBER Working Paper No. w21944
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 01 Feb 2016 Last Revised: 18 Jun 2023
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)Yale School of Management, Harvard Business School - Finance Unit, SC Johnson College of Business, Cornell University and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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A Speculative Asset Pricing Model of Financial Instability

Number of pages: 64 Posted: 16 Nov 2014 Last Revised: 16 Mar 2015
Lawrence J. Jin
SC Johnson College of Business, Cornell University
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crash risk, financial instability

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On the Source and Instability of Probability Weighting

Number of pages: 66 Posted: 28 Jun 2023
Cary Frydman and Lawrence J. Jin
University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business and SC Johnson College of Business, Cornell University
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probability weighting, efficient coding, noisy cognition, prospect theory

On the Source and Instability of Probability Weighting

NBER Working Paper No. w31573
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 21 Aug 2023
Cary Frydman and Lawrence J. Jin
University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business and SC Johnson College of Business, Cornell University
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Why Do Investors Trade? A Realization Utility Explanation

Finance and Accounting MeMOS (2014) 1 (1): 10-13.
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 27 Feb 2013 Last Revised: 16 Jan 2014
Jonathan E. Ingersoll and Lawrence J. Jin
Yale School of Management - International Center for Finance and SC Johnson College of Business, Cornell University
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realization utility, diminishing sensitivity, disposition effect

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X-Capm: An Extrapolative Capital Asset Pricing Model

NBER Working Paper No. w19189
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 29 Jun 2013 Last Revised: 08 Jun 2023
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)Yale School of Management, Harvard Business School - Finance Unit, SC Johnson College of Business, Cornell University and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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A Structural Neural Autopilot Analysis of Social Media Use Around the Pandemic Lockdown

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 11 Apr 2024 Last Revised: 12 Apr 2024
Yi Xin, Lawrence J. Jin, Jessica Fong and Colin Camerer
California Institute of Technology (Caltech), SC Johnson College of Business, Cornell University, University of Michigan Ross School of Business and California Institute of Technology (Caltech) - Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences
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neural autopilot, habit formation, counterfactual analysis

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The Cushioning Benefits of Biased Beliefs

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 12 Sep 2017 Last Revised: 20 Jul 2018
Lawrence J. Jin, Matthew Shum and Mali Zhang
SC Johnson College of Business, Cornell University, California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and California Institute of Technology (Caltech) - Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences
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cushioning, extrapolation, oil exploration

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Behavioral Economics of AI: LLM Biases and Corrections

Number of pages: 64 Posted: 15 Apr 2025
Pietro Bini, Lin William Cong, Xing Huang and Lawrence J. Jin
Cornell University - SC Johnson Graduate School of Business, Cornell University - Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management, Washington University in St. Louis - Olin Business School and SC Johnson College of Business, Cornell University
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AI, Behavioral Biases, Beliefs, Preferences, LLMs