Welcome, and thanks, Nafgue. Our forum; whatever its apparently focused name is quite open to behavioral economics, it is in fact one of our key fields...
... <pgreenfinch@...> wrote: Welcome, and thanks, Nafgue. ... Thanks for the welcome Peter! If it's appropriate for this list, and members are interested, I...
Hi, Narfgue Not being a real economist I have some difficulty to reply with certainty. Anyway there is a parallelbetween: *"Standard finance", which considers...
... Does anyone else wish to comment? ... Perhaps all (?) economics is "normative", because it's all based on a normative Homo Oeconomicus. Apparently, Homo...
... resources." Nature is not inexhaustible. Economics is about how scarce resources are exchanged in the economy. This century will be most revealing as to...
Wow, sex and the economy, behavioral economics at its lurid best! Our group will experience a qualitative upward jump in search engines ;-)) OK, I agree that...
I agree Peter about the focus of the group. About the article, as you say has several other bias. For example, Austrian economists do not like to use...
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/allinthemind/default.htm Sat, March 29th program with MIT's (Professor of Behavioral Economics) Dan Ariely on Australia's Radio...
... Arturo, in the longer version of the Sci Amer article, Professor Nadeau argues that the greatest obstacle to implementing scientifically viable economic...
I see something more general diverse than that. What are called behavioral biases are cognitive and emotional factors that induce decisions that are contrary...
... That's a good part of it, however, we are also restrained by our evolutionary history, environmental history, and the laws of thermodynamics (among...
You suggest that our cognitive and emotional factors lead us to decisions against our economic goals. But so much of what happens is beyond our control that...
... Well, my PhD is in human sexuality--and there are plenty of laws against sex, who is having sex, how, etc. Use a condom, go to hell....not to mention ex ...
hai everybody, really happy to be a member of this group - quite lot of discussions........ interesting..... well, i am doing my ph.D in the broad area of...
... i am doing my ph.D in the broad area of Behavioral Finance. I am planning to study retail invetors trading behavior and strategies. But i have come with...
Thanks - I have been following this group for a while. I am a seasoned IT professional working as a consultant and pursuing my Ph D in Management. I am working...
Hi, dear members and visitors! Here is your 96th month newsletter (the last one was labelled the 95th, isn'it?) Thus, if I'm good at maths, the kid is 8 year...
I came across this illuminating analysis by George Soros from last January, still apt months later: http://www.georgesoros.com/?q=worst_in_60years I hope...
According to the laws of physics, as well as by now many of our own experiences, the abundance of nature is truly unlimited. There is more energy and matter in...
I am putting the final touches on my book on Buffett and Munger's Four Filters, and my publisher wants to call it the Buffett and Munger Sweet Spot....
[ source: http://www.physorg.com/news127410646.html ] Testosterone levels predict city traders' profitability When City traders have high morning testosterone...
[ source: http://www.physorg.com/news127571850.html ] Are humans hardwired for fairness? Is fairness simply a ruse, something we adopt only when we secretly...
... Bud, When I read what you had to say about Buffett and Munger's "Four Steps," I honestly couldn't find anything that relates directly to principles of...
Dear Sir: I am Osama Wagdi invite you to participate with us in the survey study on the impact of the behavioral patterns of the trader on the market values of...
