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Do weather patterns in South Asia have an impact on investment decisions? This question is particularly relevant given the region's vulnerability to natural disasters such as floods, cyclones, and droughts. To explore this issue, we apply regression and generalized method of moments using yearly data of weather, stock indices, borrowing opportunity, economic growth, interest, and inflation rates from 1995 to 2021. Based on data availability, this study has taken Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka as sample countries. The research results indicate that weather significantly influences investment decisions and that consideration of weather factors can mitigate risk and enhance investment return. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The paper examines the direct and indirect effects (via investors' risk perception) of heuristic biases on investors' irrational behavior in decision-making. The study also investigates the moderating effect of investors' extraversion on both the direct and the indirect associations between heuristic biases and irrational decision-making. Based on survey data collected from 247 investors registered in various brokerage houses in Pakistan and the analyses (mediation and moderation) performed using the Process Macro technique (proposed by Hayes, 2017) in SPSS, the results of this study reveal that heuristic biases positively affect investors' irrational decision-making both directly and indirectly via risk perception. The results reveal that extraversion moderates both direct and indirect associations between heuristic biases and investors' irrational behavior in decision-making. Our findings carry useful practical implications for organizations' policymakers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]