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Type Journal Article
Scope Discipline-based scholarship
Title A culture of greed: Bubble formation in experimental asset markets with greedy and non-greedy traders
Organization Unit
Authors
  • Karlijn Hoyer
  • Stefan Zeisberger
  • Seger M Breugelmans
  • Marcel Zeelenberg
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 212
Page Range 32 - 52
Date 2023
Abstract Text This study investigates the relationship between the motive of greed and various asset market indicators, such as trading activity and bubble formation (i.e., mispricing, overpricing, and price amplitude). We ran experimental asset markets that allowed us to measure individuals’ greed in order to create markets populated with greedy individuals and markets with non-greedy individuals. Regarding trading activity, we found that greedier individuals had higher trading activity on the individual level but not on the market level. On the market level, high-greed markets exhibited less frequent and smaller price bubbles than markets with less greedy traders. If our findings translate to actual markets, greed itself might not contribute to asset market bubbles.
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Digital Object Identifier 10.1016/j.jebo.2023.05.005
Other Identification Number merlin-id:24258
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Keywords Dispositional greed, Experimental finance, Experimental asset markets, Bubbles, Mispricing