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DEEP sleep: The impact of sleep on financial risk taking
Author(s) -
Nofsinger John R.,
Shank Corey A.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
review of financial economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.347
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1873-5924
pISSN - 1058-3300
DOI - 10.1002/rfe.1034
Subject(s) - sleep (system call) , discounting , distortion (music) , cognition , economics , psychology , audiology , medicine , finance , computer science , psychiatry , amplifier , computer network , bandwidth (computing) , operating system
Abstract In this paper, we examine the relationship between sleep and financial risk taking. The results indicate that individuals who have better sleep display less distortion of probability, are less susceptible to the present bias, and have a lower discounting rate. Specifically, individuals with better self‐reported sleep quality have less distortion of probability, a more curved utility function, and are less loss averse, while those with fewer sleep disturbances display less probability distortion and have more curvature in their utility function. Overall, the results show that there are cognitive deficits in financial decision making by having poor sleep habits that can have important consequences.