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Are professional investors sophisticated?

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dc.creator Menkhoff, Lukas
dc.creator Schmeling, Maik
dc.creator Schmidt, Ulrich
dc.date 2008
dc.date.accessioned 2013-10-16T06:19:55Z
dc.date.available 2013-10-16T06:19:55Z
dc.date.issued 2013-10-16
dc.identifier Diskussionspapier Universität, Hannover / Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät 397
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10419/4297
dc.identifier ppn:568419340
dc.identifier.uri http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/4297
dc.description Existing empirical evidence is inconclusive on whether professional investors show sophisticated behavior or not, a question which is at the heart of market efficiency. This ambiguous evidence is mostly based on trading data or laboratory evidence, which each has its limitations. We complement these approaches by conducting a survey of 500 investors, including several measures of sophistication, three relevant groups of investors and essential control variables. We find that both professional investors and laymen do indeed show unsophisticated investment behavior on aggregate. Furthermore, while some professional investors - institutional investors - behave at least more sophisticated than laymen, other professionals - investment advisors - seem to do even worse.
dc.language eng
dc.publisher Fachbereich Wirtschaftswiss., Univ. Hannover
dc.publisher Discussion papers // School of Economics and Management of the Hanover Leibniz University
dc.relation Discussion papers // School of Economics and Management of the Hanover Leibniz University 397
dc.rights http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen
dc.subject G1
dc.subject D80
dc.subject ddc:330
dc.subject Institutional investors
dc.subject investment advisors
dc.subject individual investors
dc.subject investment behavior
dc.subject Anlageverhalten
dc.subject Finanzanalysten
dc.subject Institutioneller Anleger
dc.subject Wertpapieranalyse
dc.subject Deutschland
dc.title Are professional investors sophisticated?
dc.type doc-type:workingPaper


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