Do Large Gains Make Willing Sellers?

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Dong Hong, IndependentFollow
Roger K. Loh, Singapore Management UniversityFollow
Mitch Warachka, Chapman UniversityFollow

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Article

Publication Date

4-8-2021

Abstract

Using unique real estate data that allow for accurately measured capital gains, we examine whether sell propensities depend on the magnitude of a seller’s capital gain. We find that short-term sell propensities are flat over losses and increasing in gains. Consistent with their higher sell propensities, selling prices are lower for properties with larger gains. Large-sized short-term stock investments also have sell propensities that are flat over losses and increasing in gains, although the sell propensities of typical-sized short-term stock investments are V-shaped. Our findings provide empirical support for theories of realization utility.

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This article was originally published in Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis in 2021. http://doi.org/10.1017/S0022109021000193

Recommended Citation

Hong, D., Loh, R. K., & Warachka, M. (2021). Do large gains make willing sellers? Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 1–43. http://doi.org/10.1017/S0022109021000193

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