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<p>The research aims to assess how rational investors are in making real estate crowdfunding investment decisions and weather similar rationality investors share common individual-level characteristics. The research data was collected through an online survey and investors’ rationality was assessed according to risk &amp; return and behavioral biases criteria. Results revealed that 18% of the respondents were rational and as much as 78.1% of them demonstrated bounded rationality behavior. Further clustering of bounded rationality investors identified three distinct clusters and suggested that bounded rationality proved to be largely based on established behavioral biases rather than on failing to understand and apply risk and return criteria. In terms of individual-level characteristics, rationality of real estate crowdfunding investors significantly related to their financial knowledge, but not to their age, sex, income level, education, occupation, residence and interface with finance sector.</p>
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The research aims to assess how rational investors are in making real estate crowdfunding investment decisions and weather similar rationality investors share common individual-level characteristics. The research data was collected through an online survey and investors’ rationality was assessed according to risk & return and behavioral biases criteria. Results revealed that 18% of the respondents were rational and as much as 78.1% of them demonstrated bounded rationality behavior. Further clustering of bounded rationality investors identified three distinct clusters and suggested that bounded rationality proved to be largely based on established behavioral biases rather than on failing to understand and apply risk and return criteria. In terms of individual-level characteristics, rationality of real estate crowdfunding investors significantly related to their financial knowledge, but not to their age, sex, income level, education, occupation, residence and interface with finance sector.

Exploring Lithuanian Real Estate Crowdfunding Investors’ Rationality

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The research aims to assess how rational investors are in making real estate crowdfunding investment decisions and weather similar rationality investors share...

Exploring Lithuanian Real Estate Crowdfunding Investors’ Rationality

Online veröffentlicht: 18. Okt. 2022

Seitenbereich: 83 - 102

Eingereicht: 30. Apr. 2022

Akzeptiert: 10. Aug. 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mosr-2022-0005

Schlüsselwörter
crowdfunding, investor behavior, investor rationality, bounded rationality

© 2022 Renata Legenzova et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Exploring Lithuanian Real Estate Crowdfunding Investors’ Rationality

Online veröffentlicht: 18. Okt. 2022

Seitenbereich: 83 - 102

Eingereicht: 30. Apr. 2022

Akzeptiert: 10. Aug. 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mosr-2022-0005

Schlüsselwörtercrowdfunding, investor behavior, investor rationality, bounded rationality

© 2022 Renata Legenzova et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Schlüsselwörter
crowdfunding, investor behavior, investor rationality, bounded rationality