The Effect of Straight-Line and Accelerated Depreciation Rules on Risky Investment Decisions—An Experimental Study

Autor: Hagen Ackermann, Martin Fochmann, Nadja Wolf
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: International Journal of Financial Studies, Vol 4, Iss 4, p 19 (2016)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2227-7072
DOI: 10.3390/ijfs4040019
Popis: The aim of this study is to analyze how depreciation rules influence the decision behavior of investors. For this purpose, we conduct a laboratory experiment in which participants decide on the composition of an asset portfolio in different choice situations. Using an experimental setting with different payment periods, we show that accelerated compared to straight-line depreciation can increase the willingness to invest as hypothesized by theory. However, this expected behavior is only observed in a more complex environment (with a subsidy) and not in a less complex environment (without a subsidy).
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