In today’s competitive business environment, an optimal investment strategy is vital for every company. However, it is often endangered by unconscious mental biases inherent in every human being. Building on findings from cognitive psychology research, Sebastian Serfas shows in detail that and...

Daniel Hobohm analyses more than 17 000 investments by more than 1800 international investors in more than 2400 private equity and venture capital funds over the last two decades. He compares different investor types in their fund preferences, home bias and investor responses to market shocks....

Sebastian Haase beschreibt den Dispositionseffekt als Phänomen und spürt den Ursprüngen dieses Forschungsfeldes nach. Er stellt verschiedene Erklärungsmodelle für den Dispositionseffekt dar, wie z. B. Mean Reversion, die Prospect Theory, Mental Accounting und den...

This book is intended as a textbook for a course in behavioral economics for advanced undergraduate and graduate students who have already learned basic economics. The book will also be useful for introducing behavioral economics to researchers. Unlike some general audience books that discuss...