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Type Journal Article
Scope Discipline-based scholarship
Title Rational investor sentiment in a repeated stochastic game with imperfect monitoring
Organization Unit
Authors
  • Anke Gerber
  • Thorsten Hens
  • Bodo Vogt
Item Subtype Original Work
Refereed Yes
Status Published in final form
Language
  • English
Journal Title Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization
Publisher Elsevier
Geographical Reach international
ISSN 0167-2681
Volume 76
Number 3
Page Range 669 - 704
Date 2010
Abstract Text We consider a repeated stochastic coordination game with imperfect public monitoring. In the game any pattern of coordinated play is a perfect Bayesian Nash equilibrium. Moreover, standard equilibrium selection arguments either have no bite or they select an equilibrium that is not observed in actual plays of the game. We give experimental evidence for a unique equilibrium selection and explain this very robust finding by equilibrium selection based on behavioral arguments, in particular focal point analysis, probability matching and overconfidence. Our results have interesting applications in finance because the observed equilibrium exhibits momentum, reversal and excess volatility. Moreover, the results may help to explain why technical analysis is a commonly observed investment style.
Digital Object Identifier 10.1016/j.jebo.2010.08.001
Other Identification Number merlin-id:451
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