Why Do Investors Trade? A Realization Utility Explanation

Ingersoll, Jonathan E.; Jin, Lawrence J.

doi:10.2139/ssrn.2225439

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Why Do Investors Trade? A Realization Utility Explanation

Finance and Accounting MeMOS (2014) 1 (1): 10-13.

6 Pages Posted: 27 Feb 2013 Last revised: 16 Jan 2014

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Jonathan E. Ingersoll

Yale School of Management - International Center for Finance

Lawrence J. Jin

SC Johnson College of Business, Cornell University; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Date Written: February 26, 2013

Abstract

This short note provides a non-technical summary of our Review of Financial Studies paper, 'Realization Utility with Reference-Dependent Preferences'.

Keywords: realization utility, diminishing sensitivity, disposition effect

JEL Classification: G02, G11, G12

Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation

Ingersoll, Jonathan E. and Jin, Lawrence J., Why Do Investors Trade? A Realization Utility Explanation (February 26, 2013). Finance and Accounting MeMOS (2014) 1 (1): 10-13., Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2225439 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2225439