We investigate the extent to which a parsimonious measure of maximum likely loss that captures tail risk returns—known as value-at-risk (VaR)—explains relationship between accruals and cross-sectional dispersion expected stock returns. construct portfolios based on Sloan’s (Account Rev 71(3):289–315, 1996) total (TA) individual asset-level VaR, reflects dynamic behavior asset distribution. docu...

I analyze whether case-based decision makers (CBDM) can survive in an asset market in the presence of expected utility maximizers. Conditions are identified, in which the CBDM retain a positive mass with probability one. CBDM can cause predictability of asset returns, high volatility and bubbles. It is found that the expected utility maximizers can disappear from the market for a finite period ...

In practical reasoning, it is important to take into consideration what other agents will do, since this will often influence the effect of actions performed by the agent concerned. In previous treatments, the actions of others must either be assumed, or argued for using a similar form of practical reasoning. Such arguments, however, will also depend on assumptions about the beliefs, values and...