Lecture Notes in Behavioral Finance

Itzhak Venezia
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Itzhak Venezia: Tel Aviv-Yaffo Academic College, Israel & The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

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Abstract: This volume presents lecture notes for a course in behavioral finance, most suitable for MBA students, but also adaptable for a PhD class. These lecture notes are based on the author's experience in teaching behavioral finance classes at Bocconi University (at the PhD level) and at the Academic College of Tel Aviv-Yaffo (MBA).

Keywords: Behavioral Finance; Rationality; Prospect Theory; Cognitive and Psychological; Efficient Markets; Market Anomalies; Limits to Arbitrage; Heuristics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
ISBN: 9789813231566
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 INTRODUCTION: THE HISTORY OF BEHAVIORAL FINANCE AND THE IMPETUS FOR ITS EMERGENCE , pp 3-17

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Ch 2 A REVIEW OF TRADITIONAL DECISION THEORY: THE MEAN–VARIANCE RULE AND UTILITY THEORY , pp 19-37

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Ch 3 CRITIQUE OF UTILITY THEORY, THE ASSUMPTION OF RATIONALITY AND THE EFFICIENT MARKETS HYPOTHESIS , pp 39-58

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Ch 4 KAHNEMAN AND TVERSKY’S ESSENTIAL COGNITIVE BIASES , pp 59-68

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Ch 5 PROSPECT THEORY , pp 69-79

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Ch 6 THE DISPOSITION EFFECT , pp 83-98

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Ch 7 OVERCONFIDENCE , pp 99-114

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Ch 8 HERDING , pp 115-128

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Ch 9 OVERREACTION AND UNDERREACTION , pp 129-144

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Ch 10 THE EQUITY PREMIUM PUZZLE AND MYOPIC LOSS AVERSION , pp 145-156

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Ch 11 THE HOME BIAS , pp 157-166

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Ch 12 LIMITS TO ARBITRAGE , pp 167-175

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Ch 13 MARKET SENTIMENT , pp 177-186

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Ch 14 BIASES IN SAVINGS AND INSURANCE , pp 187-202

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Ch 15 THE HOT HAND , pp 203-213

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Ch 16 ACCOUNTING ANOMALIES , pp 215-222

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Ch 17 APPEARANCE AND DISAPPEARANCE OF ANOMALIES , pp 223-233

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