Richard W Sias

Biographic Data

ID1621111
NAMERichard W Sias
GIVEN NAMESRichard W
FAMILY NAMESias
SIGNATURESIAS R W
AFFILIATIONSNational Bureau of Economic Research
ORCID0000-0001-9279-5450
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS2
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR2
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2015
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2020
H-INDEX0

  • Molecular Genetics, Risk Aversion, Return Perceptions, and Stock Market Participation

    Richard W Sias, Richard Sias et al.REPORTNational Bureau of Economic…2020References: 9

    We show that molecular variation in DNA related to cognition, personality, health, and body shape, predicts an individual's equity market participation and risk aversion.Moreover, the molecular genetic endowments predict individuals' return perceptions, most of which we find to be strikingly biased.The genetic endowments also strongly associate with many of the investor characteristics (e.g., trust, sociability, wealth) shown to explain heterogen…

  • Noise Trader

    Open AccessRichard W SiasCHAPTERWiley Encyclopedia of Management2015

    Black (1986) defines noise trading as trading on noise as if it were information.