This edition is about a topic that fascinates me: bidding behaviour. On how people make decisions under conditions of uncertainty. And the notion of ‘rationality’. ***** Many of you participated in a game I played with you recently. (I’m sure you are glad that I didn’t ask you to predict your expiry dates!) An investment prospect offers 100% return potential over your benchmark return (your ‘required return’). How much of this excess return would you be willing to pay/share upfront to participate in the idea? There were no right answers for this ‘buy in’. Only interesting answers. Chart time. Buyin for ‘50%’ represents 50% and above. Participants comprised of finance and non-finance backgrounds. The left bins generally had finance people; who opted for some variant of upfront fee and profit share structures. Many non-finance guys populated the higher bins. Interestingly, several finance folks populated ...
"Thus, at the court, both great and small; Behave alike, for all ape all." - Jonathan Swift, The Logicians Refuted