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ArticlePloS one2023

Nomen est omen? How and when company name fluency affects return expectations.

Achiel Fenneman, Dirk-Jan Janssen, Sven Nolte, Stefan Zeisberger

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Article in PloS one, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Achiel FennemanDepartment of Cognition, Emotion, and Methods in Psychology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Dirk-Jan JanssenInstitute for Management Research, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-3035-9167
Sven NolteInstitute for Management Research, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-5393-6326
Stefan ZeisbergerInstitute for Management Research, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-8412-622X

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Investors perceive stocks of companies with fluent names as more profitable. This perception may result from two different channels: a direct, non-deliberate affect toward fluent names or a deliberate interpretation of fluent names as a signal for company quality. We use preregistered experiments to disentangle these channels and test their limitations. Our results indicate the existence of a significant non-deliberate fluency effect, while the deliberate fluency effect can be activated and deactivated in boundary cases. Both effects are consistent across different groups of participants. However, whereas the fluency effect is strong in isolation, it has limitations when investors are confronted with additional information about the stock.

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PMID37585410
PMCPMC10431612

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