Opportunity costs in buying and short selling-Do they really matter?

Tal Shavit; Mosi Rosenboim; Miki Malul

doi:10.1016/j.econlet.2011.03.026

Opportunity costs in buying and short selling-Do they really matter?

Tal Shavit, Mosi Rosenboim, Miki Malul

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Abstract

The experimental results of the paper reveal that people do not take into consideration opportunity costs or opportunity profits when buying and short selling lottery tickets. These results are inconsistent with basic economic and finance theories.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	122-124
Number of pages	3
Journal	Economics Letters
Volume	112
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2011.03.026
State	Published - 1 Jul 2011

Keywords

Auction
Experiment
Opportunity cost
Short selling

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Finance
Economics and Econometrics

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