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MENTAL ACCOUNTING AND RISK PERCEPTION IN THE CONTEXT OF BEHAVIORAL FINANCE: AN EMPIRAL EVIDENCE IN MARMARA UNIVERSITY

Year 2019, Volume: 4 Issue: 1, 18 - 34, 30.06.2019

Abstract

Since behavioral attitudes started to prevail
consuming and investment-based decisions of individuals, mental coding of gains
and losses using the value function of prospect theory is studied intensively
by Thaler (2008). The process, namely mental accounting, is the set of
cognitive operations used by individuals and households to organize, evaluate,
and keep track of financial activities. The scope of this study is analyzing
the behaviors of academicians in context of mental accounting and risk-based
components. The sampling frame of the study involves academicians from the
Faculty of Business Administration at Marmara University, Istanbul. The findings
reveal that mental accounting has an impact on risk perception. Furthermore, it
is seen that risk perceptions of academicians in terms of financial instruments
differ among demographic variables.

References

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  • Heath, C., & Soll, J., B. (1996). Mental Budgeting and Consumer Decisions. Journal of Consumer Research, 23(1), 40-52.
  • Henderson, P. W., & Peterson, R. A. (1992). Mental Accounting and Categorization. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 51(1), 92-117. https://doi.org/10.1016/0749-5978(92)90006-S
  • Hirst, E., Joyce, E., & Schadewald, M. (1994). Mental Accounting and Outcome Contiguity in Consumer- Borrowing Decisions. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes 58(1), 136-172.
  • Kahneman, D., & Tversky, A. (1979). Prospect Theory: An Analysis of Decision Under Risk. Econometrica, 47(2), 263-291.
  • Kahneman, D., & Tversky, A., (1986). Rational Choice and the Framing of Decisions. Journal of Business, 59(4), 251-278.
  • Levav, J., & McGraw, A., P. (2009). Emotional Accounting: How Feelings About Money Influence Consumer Choice. Journal of Marketing Research, 46(1), 66-80.https://doi.org/10.1509/jmkr.46.1.66
  • Loureiro, Y., K., & Haws, K.L., (2015). Positive Affect and Malleable Mental Accounting: An Investigation of the Role of Positive Affect in Flexible Expense Categorization and Spending. Psychology & Marketing 32(6), 670-677. https://doi.org/10.1002/mar.20808
  • Markowitz, H. (1952). Portfolio Selection. The Journal of Finance, 7(1), 77-91.
  • Nofsinger, J. R. (2001). Investment Madness, Financial Times Prentice Hall Edition, An Imprint of Pearson Education, NJ.
  • Prelec, D., & Loewenstein, G. (1998). The Red and The Black: Mental Accounting of Savings and Debt. Marketing Science 17(1), 4-28.
  • Sefil, S., & Çilingiroğlu, H., K. (2011). Davranışsal Finansın Temelleri: Karar Vermenin Bilişsel ve Duygusal Eğilimleri. Istanbul Ticaret Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, 10(19), 247-268.
  • Shefrin, H., & Statman, M. (2000). Behavioral Portfolio Theory. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 35(2), 127-151.
  • Süer, Ö. (2007). Yatırım Kararlarında Alınan Risk Düzeyinin Belirlenmesine İlişkin Amprik Bir Çalışma. Öneri, 7(28), 97-105.
  • Thaler, R. (1980). Toward a Positive Theory of Consumer Choice. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 1, 39-60.
  • Thaler, R. (1999). Mental Accounting Matters. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 12, 183-206.
  • Thaler, R. (2008). Mental Accounting and Consumer Choice. Marketing Science, 27(1), 15-25.

MENTAL ACCOUNTING AND RISK PERCEPTION IN THE CONTEXT OF BEHAVIORAL FINANCE: AN EMPIRAL EVIDENCE IN MARMARA UNIVERSITY

Year 2019, Volume: 4 Issue: 1, 18 - 34, 30.06.2019

Abstract

Günümüzde,
davranışsal tutum bireylerin tüketim ve yatırım kararlarına hâkim olmaya
başladığından, Thaler (2008), Beklenti Teorisi’ndeki değer fonksiyonunu
kullanarak kazanç ve kayıpların zihinsel kodlaması üzerinde yoğun olarak
araştırmalar yapmıştır. Zihinsel muhasebe olarak isimlendirilen bu süreç, bireylerin
ve hane halkının finansal aktivitelerini organize etmek, değerlendirmek ve
takip etmek için kullandığı bir dizi bilişsel operasyondan oluşmaktadır. Bu
çalışmanın amacı, zihinsel muhasebe ve risk bazlı bileşenler kapsamında
akademisyenlerin davranışlarını analiz etmektir. Çalışmanın örneklemini Marmara
Üniversitesi İşletme Fakültesi akademisyenleri oluşturmaktadır. Çalışmanın
bulguları, zihinsel muhasebenin risk algısı üzerinde etkisi olduğunu ortaya çıkartmıştır.
Ayrıca, akademisyenlerin, finansal araçlar üzerindeki risk algılarının
demografik değişkenler arasında farklılık gösterdiği de görülmüştür.  

References

  • Akçi, Y. (2017). Fiyat Algısında Zihinsel Muhasebe ve Tüketici Tercihi. International Journal of Academic Value Studies, 3(9), 285-297.
  • Bernoulli, D. (1738). Specimen theoriae novae de mensura sortis. Commentarii Academiae Scientiarum Imperialis Petropolitanae, 5, 175-192. Translated by Dr. Louis Sommer (1954). Exposition of a New Theory on the Measurement of Risk. Econometrica, 22(1), 23-36.
  • Duman Kurt, S., & Tanyeri, M. (2013). Davranışsal Ekonomi Yaklaşımlarının Ürün İlgilenim Seviyesine Göre İncelenmesi. Pazarlama ve Pazarlama Araştırmaları Dergisi, 12, 21-46.
  • Hair J. F., Black W., C., Babin B., J., Anderson R., E. (2014). Multivariate Data Analysis. Pearson New International Edition, USA.
  • Heath, C., & Soll, J., B. (1996). Mental Budgeting and Consumer Decisions. Journal of Consumer Research, 23(1), 40-52.
  • Henderson, P. W., & Peterson, R. A. (1992). Mental Accounting and Categorization. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 51(1), 92-117. https://doi.org/10.1016/0749-5978(92)90006-S
  • Hirst, E., Joyce, E., & Schadewald, M. (1994). Mental Accounting and Outcome Contiguity in Consumer- Borrowing Decisions. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes 58(1), 136-172.
  • Kahneman, D., & Tversky, A. (1979). Prospect Theory: An Analysis of Decision Under Risk. Econometrica, 47(2), 263-291.
  • Kahneman, D., & Tversky, A., (1986). Rational Choice and the Framing of Decisions. Journal of Business, 59(4), 251-278.
  • Levav, J., & McGraw, A., P. (2009). Emotional Accounting: How Feelings About Money Influence Consumer Choice. Journal of Marketing Research, 46(1), 66-80.https://doi.org/10.1509/jmkr.46.1.66
  • Loureiro, Y., K., & Haws, K.L., (2015). Positive Affect and Malleable Mental Accounting: An Investigation of the Role of Positive Affect in Flexible Expense Categorization and Spending. Psychology & Marketing 32(6), 670-677. https://doi.org/10.1002/mar.20808
  • Markowitz, H. (1952). Portfolio Selection. The Journal of Finance, 7(1), 77-91.
  • Nofsinger, J. R. (2001). Investment Madness, Financial Times Prentice Hall Edition, An Imprint of Pearson Education, NJ.
  • Prelec, D., & Loewenstein, G. (1998). The Red and The Black: Mental Accounting of Savings and Debt. Marketing Science 17(1), 4-28.
  • Sefil, S., & Çilingiroğlu, H., K. (2011). Davranışsal Finansın Temelleri: Karar Vermenin Bilişsel ve Duygusal Eğilimleri. Istanbul Ticaret Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, 10(19), 247-268.
  • Shefrin, H., & Statman, M. (2000). Behavioral Portfolio Theory. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 35(2), 127-151.
  • Süer, Ö. (2007). Yatırım Kararlarında Alınan Risk Düzeyinin Belirlenmesine İlişkin Amprik Bir Çalışma. Öneri, 7(28), 97-105.
  • Thaler, R. (1980). Toward a Positive Theory of Consumer Choice. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 1, 39-60.
  • Thaler, R. (1999). Mental Accounting Matters. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 12, 183-206.
  • Thaler, R. (2008). Mental Accounting and Consumer Choice. Marketing Science, 27(1), 15-25.
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Primary Language English
Subjects Business Administration
Journal Section Articles
Authors

Meltem Ulusan Polat 0000-0002-0673-5185

Levent Polat This is me 0000-0002-0072-7651

Publication Date June 30, 2019
Submission Date February 13, 2019
Acceptance Date April 5, 2019
Published in Issue Year 2019 Volume: 4 Issue: 1

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APA Ulusan Polat, M., & Polat, L. (2019). MENTAL ACCOUNTING AND RISK PERCEPTION IN THE CONTEXT OF BEHAVIORAL FINANCE: AN EMPIRAL EVIDENCE IN MARMARA UNIVERSITY. Journal of Research in Business, 4(1), 18-34.