BEHAVIORAL FACTORS INFLUENCING INVESTMENT DECISIONS: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW USING PRISMA
Keywords:
Behavioral Biases, Behavioral Factors, Investment Decisions, Behavioral Finance, Cognitive Biases.
Abstract
The purpose of this systematic review is to analyze the previous study made in the past related to an association between behavioral biases and investment decisions. This systematic review article identified 21 distinct biases affecting the investment decisions made by investors. Data were collected from 3 databases (Scopus, Taylor and Francis, and Web of Science) using PRISMA guidelines. The inclusion criteria for this systematic review were (i) publication date 2012 to 2022 (ii) published in the English language (iii) open access articles (iv) all types of documents except review articles etc. The findings of the study support that there is a significant relationship between 21 distinct behavioral biases and investment decisions. The study found there is a lack of female participants to male participants. There is a sampling bias found in many studies i.e., the studies employed non-probability techniques to collect samples. This study extends the current knowledge about the previous study being researched related to an association between behavioral biases and investment decisions. This systematic review provides a clear picture of the gaps in the previous literature. This study is helpful for researchers and academicians in understanding the biases investors undergo while making investment decisions and addressing the gaps identified related to different types of behavioral biases and areas of study that need to be explored more in near future.
JEL Classification Codes: D91, G10, G4, G11, G41.
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Rzeszutek, M., Szyszka, A., & Czerwonka, M. (2015). Investors’ Expertise, Personality Traits and Susceptibility to Behavioral Biases in the Decision Making Process. Contemporary Economics, 9(3), 337–352. https://doi.org/10.5709/ce.1897-9254.173
Sharma, M., & Firoz, M. (2020). Do Investors’ Exhibit Cognitive Biases: Evidence From Indian Equity Market. International Journal of Financial Research. 11(2), 26-39. https://doi.org/10.5430/ijfr.v11n2p26
Taffler, R., Spence, C., & Eshraghi, A. (2017). Emotional economic man: Calculation and anxiety in fund management. Accounting Organizations and Society, 61, 53–67. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aos.2017.07.003
Talwar, S., Talwar, M., Tarjanne, V., & Dhir, A. (2021). Why retail investors traded equity during the pandemic? An application of artificial neural networks to examine behavioral biases. Psychology & Marketing, 38(11), 2142–2163. https://doi.org/10.1002/mar.21550
Ullah, S., & Elahi, M. A. (2014). Behavioral Biases in Investment Decision Making and Moderating Role of Investor’s Type. Social Science Research Network. Retrieved from https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Delivery.cfm/SSRN_ID2618387_code1617678.pdf?abstractid=2618387&mirid=1
Winne, R. (2021). Measuring the disposition effect. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance, 29, 100468. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbef.2021.100468
Wu, S. W., Dutta, J., & Huang, C. (2018). The systematic biases in decision-making in the mutual-fund markets: Market states and disposition effect. Cogent Economics & Finance, 6(1), 1537538. https://doi.org/10.1080/23322039.2018.1537538
Zhdanov, V., & Simonov, A. (2021). Sell Winners and Buy Losers? The Impact of Familiarity on Individual Investors’ Decision-Making: Experimental Results. International Journal of Financial Studies, 9(3), 47. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijfs9030047
Published
2023-02-28
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Sinha, A., & Shunmugasundaram, V. (2023). BEHAVIORAL FACTORS INFLUENCING INVESTMENT DECISIONS: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW USING PRISMA. International Journal of Accounting & Finance Review, 14(1), 40-52. https://doi.org/10.46281/ijafr.v14i1.1968
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