Behavioral Finance Investors, Corporations, and Markets
by Baker, H. Kent; Nofsinger, John R.Edition: 1st
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2010-10-05
Publisher(s): Wiley
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Summary
Behavioral Finance provides a comprehensive view of the psychological foundations and their applications to finance as determined by the current state of behavioral financial research. The book's seven sections focus on the following topics: (1) foundations and key concepts, (2) psychological concepts and behavioral biases, (3) behavioral aspects of asset pricing, (4) behavioral corporate finance, (5) investor behavior, (6) social influences, and (7) applications of behavioral finance. Writers from some of the most influential universities and firms, like the Social Science Research Network and Harvard University, will provide contributing chapters to add their insight and research to the topic.
Author Biography
H. Kent Baker, PhD, CFA, CMA, is University Professor of Finance and Kogod Research Professor at the Kogod School of Business, American University. He has published extensively in leading academic and professional finance journals including the Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Financial Management, Financial Analysts Journal, Journal of Portfolio Management, and Harvard Business Review. Professor Baker is recognized as one of the most prolific authors in finance during the past fifty years. He has consulting and training experience with more than 100 organizations and has been listed in fifteen biographies.
John R. Nofsinger is an Associate Professor of Finance and Nihoul Faculty Fellow at Washington State University. He is one of the world's leading experts in behavioral finance and is a frequent speaker on this topic at investment management conferences, universities, and academic conferences. Nofsinger has often been quoted or appeared in the financial media, including the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Fortune, BusinessWeek, Bloomberg, and CNBC. He writes a blog called "Mind on My Money" at psychologytoday.com.
Table of Contents
| Foundation and Key Concepts | |
| Behavioral Finance: An Overview | |
| Traditional versus Behavioral Finance | |
| Behavioral Finance: Application and Pedagogy in Business Education and Training | |
| Heuristics (Rules of Thumb) | |
| Neuroeconomics and Neurofinance | |
| Emotional Finance | |
| Experimental Finance | |
| The Psychology of Risk and Uncertainty | |
| Psychological Influences on Financial Regulation and Policy | |
| Psychological Concepts and Behavioral Biases | |
| Disposition Effect | |
| Prospect Theory and Behavioral Biases | |
| Cumulative Prospect Theory | |
| Overconfidence | |
| The Representativeness Bias | |
| Familiarity Bias | |
| Limited Attention | |
| Other Behavioral Biases | |
| Behavioral Aspects of Asset Pricing | |
| Market Inefficiency | |
| Preference and Belief Based Models | |
| Behavioral Corporate Finance | |
| Enterprise Decision Making as Explained in Interview-Based Studies | |
| Financing Decisions | |
| Capital Budgeting and Other Investing Decisions | |
| Dividend Policy Decisions | |
| Loyalty, Agency Conflicts and Corporate Governance | |
| Initial Public Offerings | |
| Mergers and Acquisitions | |
| Investor Behavior | |
| Trust Behavior: The Essential Foundation of Financial Markets | |
| Individual Investor Trading | |
| Individual Investor Portfolios | |
| Cognitive Abilities and Financing Decisions | |
| Pension Participant Behavior | |
| Institutional Investors | |
| Derivative Markets | |
| Social Influences | |
| The Role of Culture and Finance | |
| Social Interactions and Investing | |
| Mood | |
| Answers to Chapter Discussion Questions | |
| Index | |
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