Another thing is to see if there are not courses in social psychology - a more general topic - in a neighbouring faculty, and at least an accessible library on...
For an introduction try this http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Economics/14-127Spring2004/CourseHome/index.htm It is not updated but it has links to the articles and...
Dear friends I am economics post graduate and lecturer in NIILM delhi. Though i am from economics i want to pursue my P.hd in finance.I am a bit confused how...
Glad to send you our 76th month newsletter. Summer is waning, many of you are going back to work or to study and, lucky you, to relax and spend your spare time...
Hello all: I am new to behavioral finance and new to this site, but I thought I'd jump right in and ask your opinions. I am a sociologist interested in ...
Information Every month, I submit an article from the BF glossary, for information, to start a debate on the topic and to get your observations. Last month the...
Hi Peter, Re. point 2, on the "diffusion of information", you might wanna clafify that besides information diffusion sometimes being slow, diffusion may occur...
Useful observations, Michael, thanks. Waiting for other member's reactions and suggestions before adjusting the article. Maybe, in the meanntime, you can give...
Peter, on the signal strenght x signal weight matrix, I define "strength" as deviation from expectations and "weight" as importance/relevance for fundamental...
What are the different ways in which market conditions may be defined? For example, an 'up market' may be defined as one when equity returns exceed a risk-free...
OK, thanks Michael, your explanation clarify the relation between the matrix inputs (characteristics of the signals) and over- / under- reaction as outputs. ...
George, if you want to define "upmarket" vs. the risk free rate, you might want to include a risk premium so the benchmark to beat is not the risk free rate...
Michael, Thank's for that. I know that up/down markets can be/have been defined in different ways. I'd be keen to explore the different ways this has been...
Dear Michael and George, I think Michael raise a good point on adding a risk premium to the risk-free rate as a benchmark when defining an upmarket/downmarket....
The question of the risk premium change is interesting to explore. Which way and for how long it changes is crucial. If it changes randomly, it doesn't impact...
hi sonia, this is kishore. i'm from hyderabad and i'm working as an Assistant Manager - Mortgages with Citifinancial. Earlier I worked with The ICFAI...
Glad to send you our 77th month newsletter. The group's activity is supposed to pick up at this time of the year, but until now there are few signs of it What...
I'm hoping to get more current reference on "News Value" (that which makes a topic extra newsworthy to the media - top priority coverage) sometimes called...
Hi everybody, I'm a fund manager and I'd like to improve my knowledge in behavioural finance in order to run a portfolio with such a academic framework. So I'm...
... There is a pretty good course in Behavioral finance taught by professor Statman in Santa Clara University as a part of MBA program. Guest speakers are fund...
For UK you would have to find courses in BF at Notthingham, Exeter, East Anglia (Norwich) they have MS.c in Behavioural Economics or Experimental Economics so...
... Looking at the full-time behavioural finance academics that I found and listed here http://www.behaviouralfinance.net/people.html gives us: 2 people...
