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Chapter 16

Behavioral Finance

An Overview of Behavioral Finance
An Overview of Behavioral Finance
Behavioral finance integrates psychology with financial theory to explain why investors deviate from rational decision-making. Unlike traditional finance, ...
Traditional vs. Behavioral Finance
Traditional vs. Behavioral Finance
Traditional finance assumes that individuals act rationally, process all available information efficiently, and make decisions that maximize their ...
Application of Behavioral Finance in Business Education
Application of Behavioral Finance in Business Education
Behavioral finance explores the psychological factors influencing financial decision-making, providing insights into how emotions, cognitive biases, and ...
Heuristics or Rules of Thumb
Heuristics or Rules of Thumb
Heuristics are cognitive shortcuts that facilitate rapid decision-making, particularly under uncertainty, time constraints, or limited information. In ...
The Role of Unconscious Emotions in Financial Decisions
The Role of Unconscious Emotions in Financial Decisions
The unconscious mind plays a significant role in shaping thoughts, emotions, and behaviors, particularly in financial decision-making. Deep-seated ...
An Overview of Psychological Concepts and Behavioral Biases
An Overview of Psychological Concepts and Behavioral Biases
Behavioral biases influence financial decision-making by shaping how individuals perceive risk, assess information, and react to market fluctuations. ...
The Prospect Theory
The Prospect Theory
Prospect theory, developed by Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky, explains how individuals make decisions under risk and uncertainty, particularly in the ...
The Concept of Loss Aversion
The Concept of Loss Aversion
Loss aversion is a fundamental principle in behavioral economics that describes the human tendency to weigh losses more heavily than equivalent gains. ...
The Overconfidence Bias
The Overconfidence Bias
Overconfidence bias, a cognitive distortion where individuals overestimate their knowledge or predictive accuracy, significantly impacts decision-making ...
The Representativeness Heuristic
The Representativeness Heuristic
The representativeness heuristic is a cognitive shortcut where individuals categorize events, objects, or people based on perceived similarities to ...
The Familiarity Bias
The Familiarity Bias
Familiarity bias is a psychological tendency in which investors prefer well-known assets and avoid unfamiliar investments, often to the detriment of their ...
The Concept of Limited Attention
The Concept of Limited Attention
Limited attention is a cognitive constraint that affects decision-making by restricting the amount of information individuals can process at a given time. ...
Other Behavioral Biases
Other Behavioral Biases
Behavioral biases significantly influence financial decision-making, often leading to suboptimal outcomes. These biases stem from psychological tendencies ...
An Overview of Behavioral Aspects of Asset Pricing
An Overview of Behavioral Aspects of Asset Pricing
Investor sentiment and psychological biases are significant factors in asset pricing, offering a nuanced perspective often overlooked in traditional ...
Market Inefficiency
Market Inefficiency
Market inefficiency occurs when asset prices deviate from their intrinsic value, often due to behavioral biases, liquidity constraints, or information ...
Belief and Preference-Based Models
Belief and Preference-Based Models
Belief-based and preference-based models provide key frameworks for understanding decision-making in uncertain environments. These models explain how ...
An Overview of Behavioral Corporate Finance
An Overview of Behavioral Corporate Finance
Behavioral corporate finance integrates psychological principles with traditional financial theories to explain how cognitive biases and emotions ...
Behavioral Enterprise Decision-Making
Behavioral Enterprise Decision-Making
Behavioral enterprise decision-making combines psychology, behavioral economics, and management science insights to address complex organizational ...
Behavioral Financing Decisions
Behavioral Financing Decisions
Behavioral finance explores how psychological biases and emotional factors influence financial decision-making, often leading individuals and institutions ...
An Overview of Investor Behavior
An Overview of Investor Behavior
Investor behavior encompasses the psychological, emotional, and social factors that shape financial decision-making. Traditional finance assumes that ...
The Concept of Investor Trust
The Concept of Investor Trust
Investor trust is fundamental to the stability and efficiency of financial markets. It represents investors' confidence in financial institutions, ...
Individual Investor Trading
Individual Investor Trading
Traditional finance assumes that investors make rational decisions based on available information, optimizing returns while minimizing risks. However, ...
Individual Investor Portfolios
Individual Investor Portfolios
Behavioral biases significantly impact investor decisions, influencing portfolio management and financial outcomes. Behavioral Portfolio Management (BPM) ...
Cognitive Abilities and Financial Decisions
Cognitive Abilities and Financial Decisions
Cognitive abilities, including reasoning, problem-solving, memory, and decision-making, are crucial in financial decision-making. These skills enable ...
Pension Participant Behavior
Pension Participant Behavior
In behavioral finance, pension participant behavior refers to the psychological influences shaping individuals' retirement savings decisions. These ...
Institutional Investors
Institutional Investors
Institutional investors play a significant role in financial markets due to the large volume of assets they manage. These include pension funds, mutual ...
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