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Disposition effect: Additional literature, Shefrin and Statman’s 1985 study & Odean’s 1998 study

The disposition effect is the tendency, or disposition, of investors to sell their winning positions too early and to hold their losing positions too long. It is one of the first, and most studied investor behavior patterns documented in the modern behavioral finance literature.

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Disposition effect topic overview

The analysis highlights Additional literature, Shefrin and Statman’s 1985 study and Odean’s 1998 study as prominent areas in the source structure around Disposition effect.

Related topics
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Source areas
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Connected nodes
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Extracted relationships
44
Related term clusters
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Bridge connections
8

What this topic covers Research coverage

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Additional literature · 3 topics
Odean’s 1998 study · 1 topics
Shefrin and Statman’s 1985 study · 1 topics

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Disposition effect
5Hersh Shefrin · Terrance Odean · Nicholas Barberis

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Shefrin and Statman’s 1985 study

Odean’s 1998 study

Additional literature

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How Disposition effect connects Entity context

The extracted context around Disposition effect shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Disposition effect → Analysis, Camerer, December, Finnish, Grinblatt, Keloharju, Notably, Seru, Shumway, Stoffman, Using Finnish, Weber Another extracted example is Disposition effect → Analogously, December, January, Odean, Outside, PGR, PLR, Terrance Odean, Using. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Disposition effect

Top relations

related to Other studies · 12
Disposition effect → Analysis, Camerer, December, Finnish, Grinblatt, Keloharju, Notably, Seru, Shumway, Stoffman, Using Finnish, Weber
related to Odean’s 1998 study · 9
Disposition effect → Analogously, December, January, Odean, Outside, PGR, PLR, Terrance Odean, Using
related to Shefrin and Statman’s 1985 study · 9
Disposition effect → Gary Schlarbaum, Hersh Shefrin, Meir Statman, Ronald Lease, Schlarbaum, Shefrin, Statman, Statman’s, Wilbur Lewellen
is a · 3
Disposition effect → preference-driven predisposition to a particular behavior pattern, strongest behavioral bias they identify and that the most applicable reference point is original purchase price.Methodologically, tendency
related to Additional literature · 3
Disposition effect → Barberis, Nicholas Barberis, Wei Xiong
related to Relationship between disposition effect and momentum · 3
Disposition effect → Grinblatt, Han, Stocks

Important terminology

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Important terminology

disposition effect investors sell selling behavior losses losers stocks individual loss trading momentum shefrin winners value stock gains investor associated

Disposition effect relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 44 structured relationships around Disposition effect. Examples in this analysis include Disposition effect → is a → tendency and Disposition effect → is a → preference-driven predisposition to a particular behavior pattern. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

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Disposition effectis atendency0.90text
Disposition effectis apreference-driven predisposition to a particular behavior pattern0.90text
Disposition effectis astrongest behavioral bias they identify and that the most applicable reference point is original purchase price.Methodologically0.90text
regretinstance ofAccepting the risky loss is at odds with disposition effect behavior.Disposition effect behavior can generate positive emotions such as pride and negative emotions0.80text
financial advisorsinstance ofthat might arise from third parties0.80text
attention can explain the discrepancyinstance ofThey report evidence suggestiong that an asymmetric allocation of cognitive resources0.80text
post-earnings announcement driftinstance ofhas been recorded in all the broad individual investor trading activity databases available and has been linked to significant pricing phenomena0.80text
momentum at the stock levelinstance ofhas been recorded in all the broad individual investor trading activity databases available and has been linked to significant pricing phenomena0.80text
Disposition effectrelated to Additional literatureNicholas Barberis0.60section
Disposition effectrelated to Additional literatureWei Xiong0.60section
Disposition effectrelated to Additional literatureBarberis0.60section
Disposition effectrelated to Odean’s 1998 studyUsing0.60section

Related concept clusters Related term clusters

The concept neighborhoods around Disposition effect bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Effect, Investors and Behavior. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Disposition effect
    • Effect
    • Investors
    • Behavior
    • Exhibit
    • Sell
    • Associated
    • Relative
    • Shefrin
    • Individual
    • Loss
    • Losers
    • Hold
  • disposition effect
    • Effect
    • Investors
    • Behavior
    • Exhibit
    • Sell
    • Loss
    • Associated
    • Relative
    • Shefrin
    • Individual
    • Losers
    • Hold
  • hersh shefrin
    • Statman
    • Associated
    • Would
    • Individual
    • Evidence
    • Prospect
    • Price
    • December
    • Relative
    • Value
    • Loss
    • Selling
  • shefrin and statman’s 1985 study
    • Statman
    • Associated
    • Would
    • Individual
    • Evidence
    • Prospect
    • Price
    • December
    • Relative
    • Value
    • Loss
    • Selling
  • stock market
    • Likely
    • Gains
    • Value
    • Overhang
    • Year
    • Trading
    • Stocks

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Disposition effect, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Disposition effect with Additional literature. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

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Disposition effect — Additional literature · splits 5 ⟂ 4

Map overview Semantic statistics

Disposition effect

Nodes9
Edges8
Triples44
Avg. degree1.78
Density0.222222
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Disposition effect to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Additional literature, Shefrin and Statman’s 1985 study & Odean’s 1998 study, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Disposition effect · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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