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October 2026 (Vol. 12 Issue 9)

Wiser For Others? When Delegated Financial Decision-Making Outperforms Self-Directed Choice

Tisha Sharma

26/10/2026

While neo-classical finance assumes rational decision-making that maximises a decision maker’s expected utility function, novel research demonstrates that the cognitive biases of loss aversion, omission bias, and regret aversion distort individual financial choices. Synthesising experimental evidence from ...

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