Do asset market prices reflect traders' judgment biases?

Citation
Ar. Ganguly et al., Do asset market prices reflect traders' judgment biases?, J RISK UNC, 20(3), 2000, pp. 219-245
Citations number
27
Categorie Soggetti
Economics
Journal title
JOURNAL OF RISK AND UNCERTAINTY
ISSN journal
08955646 → ACNP
Volume
20
Issue
3
Year of publication
2000
Pages
219 - 245
Database
ISI
SICI code
0895-5646(200005)20:3<219:DAMPRT>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
The existence of base rate fallacy (BRF) bias is explored employing: (i) a context treatment with a narrative story applied to asset markets and (ii) an isomorphic abstract setting using balls-and-bingo cages. Probability est imates reflect a BRF bias in both treatments, but is stronger with context. Prices track highest expected dividend values (HEDVs) with context, result ing in strongly biased prices relative to the Bayesian norm when biased tra ders have HEDVs. In the abstract treatment prices do not track HEDVs nearly as closely, resulting in prices closer to the BRF bias only when most trad ers hold biased beliefs.