Loss Averse Preferences, Performance, and Career Success of Institutional Investors

55 Pages Posted: 29 Oct 2014 Last revised: 18 May 2016

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Andriy Bodnaruk

University of Illinois at Chicago

Andrei Simonov

Michigan State University - Eli Broad Graduate School of Management; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

Date Written: May 17, 2016

Abstract

Using survey-based measures of mutual fund manager loss aversion, we study the effects of institutional investor preferences on their investment decisions, performance, and career outcomes. We find that managers with higher aversion to losses choose portfolios with lower downside risk, increase their riskiness more in response to poor past performance, and display a stronger disposition effect. Further, we provide evidence that more loss-averse managers have lower performance and are more likely to have their contracts terminated.

Keywords: loss-aversion, downside risk, professional investors, mutual funds, career outcomes

JEL Classification: C91, G11, G20, G23, J24, J41

Suggested Citation

Bodnaruk, Andriy and Simonov, Andrei, Loss Averse Preferences, Performance, and Career Success of Institutional Investors (May 17, 2016). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2515396 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2515396

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Andrei Simonov

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