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social transmission bias: a standalone construct

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Behavioral finance

systematic distortion of ideas as they pass between people, such as investors reporting gains more than losses, which spreads active trading.

In behavioral finance, social transmission bias refers to systematic distortion of ideas as they pass between people, such as investors reporting gains more than losses, which spreads active trading. This meaning comes from Hirshleifer (2020) in The Journal of Finance.[1]

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References

Hirshleifer, D. (2020). Presidential Address: Social Transmission Bias in Economics and Finance. The Journal of Finance, 75(4), 1779-1831. https://doi.org/10.1111/jofi.12906

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