loss aversion

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loss
noun
uk
/lɒs/us
/lɑːs/
the fact that you no longer have something or have less ...
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aversion
noun[C usually singular]
uk
/əˈvɜː.ʃən/us
/əˈvɝː.ʒən/
(a person or thing that causes) a feeling of strong dislike or of not wishing to ...
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(Definition oflossandaversionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Finally, an extra argument for using a downside risk measure is that it represents the notion oflossaversion.
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Recent work on hyperbolic discounting andlossaversionis at least relevant to the problem of portfolio allocation, if not critical.
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Although the debate on rationality oflossaversionis not finished, it does provide extra support for studying pension funding in a downside risk framework.
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However, an explicit feature of the model is that it represents the notion oflossaversion.
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Anomalous behavior like overestimating low-probability high-severity events, preference reversals, endowment effects,lossaversion, contextdependent preferences over goods, risk, time and space undercut the rational underpinnings of environmental and development policy.
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Utilizinglossaversion, specifically within the realm of education, has gotten much notoriety in blogs and mainstream media.
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Optimism protects fromlossaversion: people's tendency to fear losses more than we value gains.
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Status quo bias interacts with other non-rational cognitive processes such aslossaversion, existence bias, endowment effect, longevity, mere exposure, and regret avoidance.
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There has also been other criticism of the notion oflossaversionas an explanation of greater effects.
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The effect oflossaversionin a marketing setting was demonstrated in a study of consumer reaction to price changes to insurance policies.
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Sunk costs do, in fact, influence actors' decisions because humans are prone tolossaversionand framing effects.
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Economic experiments have shown that the sunk cost fallacy andlossaversionare common; hence economic rationalityas assumed by much of economicsis limited.
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Reactive devaluation could be caused bylossaversionor attitude polarization, or nave realism.
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Under these conditions, the researchers studied three features of monkey trading: demand,lossaversion, and risk aversion.
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Lossaversionmay also explain sunk cost effects.
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Lossaversionimplies that one who loses $100 will lose more satisfaction than another person will gain satisfaction from a $100 windfall.
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The disposition effect can be partially explained usinglossaversion.
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Their article focuses on individual intentions and how such intentions can produce or inhibitlossaversion.
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Their service draws on their experiences and two principles from behavioral economics,lossaversionand time inconsistency.
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According to the theory oflossaversion, that dimension which is considered a loss influences the decision stronger than that which is considered a gain.
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