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Impacts of Personality on Herding in Financial Decision-Making

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  • Baddeley, M.
  • Burke, C.
  • Schultz, W.
  • Tobler, T.

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Experimental analyses have identified significant tendencies for individuals to follow herd decisions, a finding which has been explained using Bayesian principles of statistical inference. This paper outlines the results from a herding task designed to extend these analyses. Empirically, we estimate logistic functions using panel fixed effect estimation techniques to quantify the impact of herd decisions on individuals‘ decisions about whether or not to buy a financial asset. We confirm that there are statistically significant propensities to herd and that social information about others‘ decisions has an impact on individuals‘ decisions. We extend these findings by identifying associations between herding propensities and individual characteristics such as gender, age and specific personality traits including impulsivity and venturesomeness.

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  • Baddeley, M. & Burke, C. & Schultz, W. & Tobler, T., 2010. "Impacts of Personality on Herding in Financial Decision-Making," Cambridge Working Papers in Economics 1006, Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge.
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    1. Baddeley, Michelle & Parkinson, Sophia, 2012. "Group decision-making: An economic analysis of social influence and individual difference in experimental juries," Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), Elsevier, vol. 41(5), pages 558-573.
    2. Marcin Rzeszutek & Adam Szyszka & Monika Czerwonka, 2015. "Investors’ Expertise, Personality Traits and Susceptibility to Behavioral Biases in the Decision Making Process," Contemporary Economics, University of Economics and Human Sciences in Warsaw., vol. 9(3), September.
    3. Stevenson, Regan M. & Ciuchta, Michael P. & Letwin, Chaim & Dinger, Jenni M. & Vancouver, Jeffrey B., 2019. "Out of control or right on the money? Funder self-efficacy and crowd bias in equity crowdfunding," Journal of Business Venturing, Elsevier, vol. 34(2), pages 348-367.
    4. Zeeshan Ahmed & Shahid Rasool & Qasim Saleem & Mubashir Ali Khan & Shamsa Kanwal, 2022. "Mediating Role of Risk Perception Between Behavioral Biases and Investor’s Investment Decisions," SAGE Open, , vol. 12(2), pages 21582440221, May.
    5. Lubomír Cingl, 2013. "Does Herd Behaviour Arise Easier Under Time Pressure? Experimental Approach," Prague Economic Papers, Prague University of Economics and Business, vol. 2013(4), pages 558-582.
    6. Daiane De Bortoli & Newton da Costa Jr. & Marco Goulart & Jéssica Campara, 2019. "Personality traits and investor profile analysis: A behavioral finance study," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 14(3), pages 1-18, March.
    7. Rzeszutek Marcin, 2015. "Personality Traits and Susceptibility to Behavioral Biases among a Sample of Polish Stock Market Investors," International Journal of Management and Economics, Warsaw School of Economics, Collegium of World Economy, vol. 47(1), pages 71-81, September.
    8. Rao, Aniruddha S. & Lakkol, Savitha G., 2022. "A review on personality models and investment decisions," Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance, Elsevier, vol. 35(C).
    9. Ali, Mazhar & Amir, Dr.Huma & Shamsi, Dr.Aamir, 2021. "Consumer Herding Behavior in Online Buying: A Literature Review," MPRA Paper 107435, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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    Keywords

    herding; social influence; financial decision making; personality;
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    JEL classification:

    • D03 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Behavioral Microeconomics: Underlying Principles
    • D81 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty
    • C92 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Group Behavior
    • G14 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Information and Market Efficiency; Event Studies; Insider Trading

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