title:
 
Return Distribution under Behavioral Biases: A Numerical Simulation Study
publication:
 
JCIS-2006 Proceedings
part of series:
  Advances in Intelligent Systems Research
ISBN:
  978-90-78677-01-7
ISSN:
  1951-6851
DOI:
  doi:10.2991/jcis.2006.145 (how to use a DOI)
author(s):
 
Xiaoguang Yang, Fenghua Wen, Delong Huang, Qiujun Lan
corresponding author:
 
Xiaoguang Yang
publication date:
 
October 2006
keywords:
 
Behavioral Finance, Over-reaction, Under-reaction, Disposition Effect, Numerical Simulation.
abstract:
 
Investors’ overconfidence and regret aversion lead to behavioral biases, such as over-reaction、under-reaction and disposition effect. By constructing a numerical simulation model, this paper shows that, return distributions under the behavioral biases have higher peaks and fatter tails, and they are skew to left with the left tails thicker than the right ones, compared with normal distribution under Effective Market Hypothesis. Performances of return distributions under different degrees of the behavioral biases are also investigated.
copyright:
 
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