Behavioral Biases in Firms' Growth Expectations
Behavioral Biases in Firms' Growth Expectations
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企业增长预期中的行为偏差
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发表时间:
2017
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通讯作者:
H. Kato
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作者:
Maiko Koga;H. Kato
This paper provides evidence that firms exhibit behavioral biases in their growth expectations. Using firm-level survey data, we document that optimism and pessimism biases are generated by the business cycle, financial market conditions, and firm-specific factors including firms' past experiences. We also demonstrate that biases affect the real business decisions of firms. Firms' fixed investment and R&D spending are raised by optimism and hampered by pessimism. The above findings imply that behavioral biases generated by the firms can be an alternative mechanism on how macroeconomic and financial conditions affect their investment behavior in addition to the traditional optimization mechanism.
DOI:
10.2139/ssrn.99580
发表时间:
1999-03
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The American Economic Review
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作者:
Michael C. Jensen
通讯作者:
Michael C. Jensen