Behavioral Biases Influencing Investment Decisions of Life Insurance Investors

The purpose of this paper is to validate the scale of behavioral biases and investment decisions concerning investors of life insurance and to evaluate the impact of behavioral biases on investment decisions made by them. The study is based on a questionnaire survey by including the investors of li...

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Main Authors: V. Shunmugasundaram, Aashna Sinha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EconJournals 2022-11-01
Series:International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues
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Online Access:https://econjournals.com/index.php/ijefi/article/view/13693
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description The purpose of this paper is to validate the scale of behavioral biases and investment decisions concerning investors of life insurance and to evaluate the impact of behavioral biases on investment decisions made by them. The study is based on a questionnaire survey by including the investors of life insurance residing in Bihar (India) using a convenient sampling technique. The collected data were analyzed using SmartPLS. The study found that the scale used to measure behavioral biases and investment decisions of investors of life insurance were valid and behavioral biases have a positive and significant impact on investment decisions of life insurance investors. The study found that the investors are behaviorally biased while making investment decisions related to life insurance and only four biases are included in the study. The study contributes to the academia of behavioral aspects of life insurance investors. The study helps in understanding the mindset of investors investing in life insurance. This study contributes to the limited study undertaken in the area of behavioral aspects of life insurance investors. It also contributes to the lacking academe of life insurance.
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spelling doaj.art-5eaea7601af64a899020fc2ed21433d62023-02-15T16:18:33ZengEconJournalsInternational Journal of Economics and Financial Issues2146-41382022-11-0112610.32479/ijefi.13693Behavioral Biases Influencing Investment Decisions of Life Insurance InvestorsV. Shunmugasundaram0Aashna Sinha1Faculty of Commerce, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India,Research Scholar, Faculty of Commerce, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India. The purpose of this paper is to validate the scale of behavioral biases and investment decisions concerning investors of life insurance and to evaluate the impact of behavioral biases on investment decisions made by them. The study is based on a questionnaire survey by including the investors of life insurance residing in Bihar (India) using a convenient sampling technique. The collected data were analyzed using SmartPLS. The study found that the scale used to measure behavioral biases and investment decisions of investors of life insurance were valid and behavioral biases have a positive and significant impact on investment decisions of life insurance investors. The study found that the investors are behaviorally biased while making investment decisions related to life insurance and only four biases are included in the study. The study contributes to the academia of behavioral aspects of life insurance investors. The study helps in understanding the mindset of investors investing in life insurance. This study contributes to the limited study undertaken in the area of behavioral aspects of life insurance investors. It also contributes to the lacking academe of life insurance. https://econjournals.com/index.php/ijefi/article/view/13693Decision-makingPsychological BiasesInsurance
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Aashna Sinha
Behavioral Biases Influencing Investment Decisions of Life Insurance Investors
International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues
Decision-making
Psychological Biases
Insurance
title Behavioral Biases Influencing Investment Decisions of Life Insurance Investors
title_full Behavioral Biases Influencing Investment Decisions of Life Insurance Investors
title_fullStr Behavioral Biases Influencing Investment Decisions of Life Insurance Investors
title_full_unstemmed Behavioral Biases Influencing Investment Decisions of Life Insurance Investors
title_short Behavioral Biases Influencing Investment Decisions of Life Insurance Investors
title_sort behavioral biases influencing investment decisions of life insurance investors
topic Decision-making
Psychological Biases
Insurance
url https://econjournals.com/index.php/ijefi/article/view/13693
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