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48 results for disposition effect

We study the relationship between national culture and the disposition effect by investigating international differences in the degree of investors' disposition effect. We utilize brokerage data of 387,993 traders from 83 countries and find great variation in the degree of the disposition effect across the world. We fi…

2019-08-30abs ↗pdf ↗

Investors in Bitcoin exhibit the disposition effect, selling winners and holding losers.

problem The disposition effect in cryptoassets, specifically Bitcoin.
method Using transaction data from cryptoasset exchanges, the study investigated Bitcoin investors' behavior.
result Bitcoin investors exhibit the disposition effect, with intensity varying over time.

Social media reduces individual investors' disposition effect through negative information.

problem The disposition effect in individual investors selling profitable assets too early and holding onto losing assets for too long.
method Analysis of post data and trading data from Xueqiu.com.
result Social media information significantly reduces the disposition effect.

Corporate transparency reduces investors' disposition effect by increasing confidence in holding profitable and losing stocks.

problem Irrational disposition effect in investors selling profitable assets too soon and holding onto losing assets for too long.
method Examined the impact of corporate transparency on individual investors' disposition effect.
result Increased corporate transparency significantly reduces the disposition effect.

Study shows short exposure and systematic risk exposure affect disposition effect asymmetries.

problem Understanding disposition effect in short vs long exposure positions and systematic risk.
method Generalized Odean measures, introduced Value metric, implemented dispositionEffect R package.
result Short positions exhibit weaker disposition effect than long positions under narrow framing, reversing in integrated framing.

AI agents in experimental markets exhibit behavioral patterns that aggregate into market dynamics.

problem Understanding AI trading behavior and its impact on market dynamics.
method Experimental asset markets populated by AI agents trained on Large Language Models (LLMs).
result AI agents' behavior leads to market dynamics similar to human traders, including bubbles.

This paper establishes the existence of observable footprints that reveal the "causal dispositions" of the object categories appearing in collections of images. We achieve this goal in two steps. First, we take a learning approach to observational causal discovery, and build a classifier that achieves state-of-the-art …

2016-05-26abs ↗pdf ↗

PerCDL learns personalized dictionaries for physiological signals combining global and local structures.

problem Representing datasets with both global and local structures in human physiological signals.
method Personalized Convolutional Dictionary Learning (PerCDL) that combines a global and personalized local dictionary.
result PerCDL effectively learns interpretable representations for human locomotion data.

We develop a tractable model of realization utility that studies the role of reference-dependent S-shaped preferences in a dynamic investment setting with reinvestment. Our model generates both voluntarily realized gains and losses. It makes specific predictions about the volume of gains and losses, the holding periods…

2014-08-12abs ↗pdf ↗

Deleting refusal directions from models leads to systematically more optimistic decisions.

problem The impact of removing refusal directions from models on decision-making outcomes.
method Ablation study using a frozen pipeline of 21,600 weekly equity decisions.
result Ablation of refusal directions makes models more optimistic and justifies themselves more, but also reduces confidence.

We develop a theoretical trading conditioning model subject to price volatility and return information in terms of market psychological behavior, based on analytical transaction volume-price probability wave distributions in which we use transaction volume probability to describe price volatility uncertainty and intens…

2010-01-05abs ↗pdf ↗

Study on Bitcoin transaction flows and holding times, revealing multifractal and power-law distributions.

problem Characterizing the temporal behavior and variability of Bitcoin transactions and holding times.
method Analysis of Bitcoin transaction data, including holding-time distributions, multiscaling, and multifractality.
result Found multifractal and power-law distributions in Bitcoin transaction flows and holding times, with significant variations in holding times.

Paper argues the bear case for Bitcoin is bounded and terminal states are neutral to positive.

problem The identity of Bitcoin's creator and the associated overhang risk.
method Quantitative analysis of Satoshi's 1.148 million BTC position, considering various preference sets.
result The terminal states most consistent with observed behavior are neutral to slightly positive for Bitcoin's effective supply.

Proposes proactive bed requests to reduce ED boarding and patient wait times.

problem Reduces ED boarding and patient wait times by proactively requesting inpatient beds.
method Formulates as a Markov decision process, uses predictions of admission probability and time to disposition to guide bed requests.
result Proactive aggregate bed requests can reduce boarding times by 30-70% and length of stay by 6-15%.

The leverage effect refers to the generally negative correlation between the return of an asset and the changes in its volatility. There is broad agreement in the literature that the effect should be present for theoretical reasons, and it has been consistently found in empirical work. However, a few papers have pointe…

2019-09-18abs ↗pdf ↗

The Kalinin effectivity is studied and applied to compactifications and Hilbert squares.

problem Understanding Kalinin effectivity in compactifications and its applications.
method Definition, construction methods, and analysis of Kalinin effectivity in various compactifications.
result Wonderful compactifications of hyperplane arrangements and configuration spaces are Kalinin effective.

New method estimates treatment effects in network data, accounting for spillover effects.

problem Treatment effect estimation in networks with spillover effects.
method Augmented inverse probability weighting (AIPW) with cross-fitting and machine learning.
result Semiparametric treatment effect estimator converges at parametric rate and follows Gaussian distribution.

The paper clarifies the distinction between CATE and ITE under ignorability assumptions.

problem Confusion between CATE and ITE hinders personalized effect estimation.
method Clarifies the distinction between CATE and ITE under ignorability assumptions.
result CATE and ITE are not necessarily the same under ignorability assumptions.

GADGET framework decomposes global feature effects using recursive partitioning.

problem Misleading global feature effects when feature interactions are present.
method Generalized additive decomposition of global effects (GADGET) based on recursive partitioning.
result Minimizes interaction-related heterogeneity of local feature effects.

A new method estimates treatment effects in mixed groups, improving accuracy.

problem Estimating treatment effects in mixed groups with heterogeneous responses.
method PCM (pre-cluster and merge) approach for nonparametric estimation.
result Asymptotic consistency and significant improvement in accuracy over existing methods.

Study estimates heterogeneous principal causal effects with binary treatments and intermediate variables.

problem Estimating subgroup effects within strata defined by potential values of an intermediate variable.
method Proposes a framework for estimating and forming confidence intervals for heterogeneous principal causal effects under principal ignorability assumption. Develops several estimators with varying robustness properties.
result Established large-sample theory and analyzed bias contributions of each approach.

Study develops method for estimating causal effects in continuous variables.

problem Lack of methods for estimating causal effects in continuous variables.
method Develops a method independent of data generating models for continuous variable interventions.
result Preserves identifiability of data and applies to any generating models.

ICA accurately estimates treatment effects even with confounders.

problem Estimating treatment effects in the presence of confounding variables.
method Uses Independent Component Analysis (ICA) to identify latent sources and estimate mixing coefficients.
result Linear ICA can consistently estimate multiple treatment effects, even with Gaussian confounders, and is more sample-efficient than Orthogonal Machine Learning (OML).

Method improves treatment effect estimation in randomized experiments.

problem Estimating distributional treatment effects in randomized experiments.
method Distributional regression framework with machine learning for variance reduction.
result The proposed method reduces variance of distributional treatment effect estimators.

Dropout introduces both explicit and implicit regularization effects.

problem Understanding the full impact of dropout regularization.
method Disentangled explicit and implicit regularization effects through experiments and analytic simplifications.
result Explicit and implicit regularization effects of dropout are distinct and can be characterized analytically.

New Krylov subspace methods speed up mixed-effects models with crossed random effects.

problem Slow computations for high-dimensional crossed random effects in mixed-effects models.
method Krylov subspace-based methods for generalized mixed-effects models with cross effects.
result Speedups by factors of up to 10,000 in computations for mixed-effects models.

The use of drug combinations, termed polypharmacy, is common to treat patients with complex diseases and co-existing conditions. However, a major consequence of polypharmacy is a much higher risk of adverse side effects for the patient. Polypharmacy side effects emerge because of drug-drug interactions, in which activi…

2018-02-02abs ↗pdf ↗

Previous literature has identified an effect, dubbed the Zumbach effect, that is nonzero empirically but conjectured to be zero in any conventional stochastic volatility model. Essentially this effect corresponds to the property that past squared returns forecast future volatilities better than past volatilities foreca…

2018-09-06abs ↗pdf ↗

Identifies causal effects in LiNGAM models with latent variables.

problem Identifying causal effects in LiNGAM models with latent confounders.
method Complete graphical characterization and efficient algorithms for certification. RICA adaptation for estimation.
result Efficient algorithms and RICA adaptation for estimating causal effects.

Develops HCQRF for estimating heterogeneous treatment effects with censored data.

problem Estimating heterogeneous treatment effects on censored responses with high-dimensional variables.
method Hybrid Censored Quantile Regression Forest (HCQRF) combining random forests and censored quantile regression.
result Demonstrates the effectiveness and stability of HCQRF through simulation studies and real-world application.

New methods estimate interventional effects with multiple mediators using machine learning.

problem Estimating interventional effects with multiple mediators.
method Flexible machine learning techniques for estimation, with weak convergence results for confidence intervals.
result Closed-form confidence intervals and hypothesis tests for interventional mediation effects.

Study relaxes identification assumptions for natural direct effects in non-randomized settings.

problem Identifying causal direct effects under unmeasured confounding.
method Developed relaxed conditions for identifying natural direct effects in non-randomized settings.
result Identified natural direct effect under unmeasured confounding conditions.

The Sagnac effect is re-examined using Finslerian geometry.

problem Understanding the Sagnac effect in general relativity.
method Reviewing the geometry of the Sagnac effect with a focus on Finslerian metrics.
result An asymmetry in Finslerian metrics affects the Sagnac effect for both future-pointing null and timelike geodesics.