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Behavioralizing Finance
Shefrin, Hersh - In: Foundations and Trends(R) in Finance 4 (2010) 1–2, pp. 1-184
Finance is in the midst of a paradigm shift, from a neoclassical based framework to a psychologically based framework …. Behavioral finance is the application of psychology to financial decision making and financial markets. Behavioralizing finance … in behavioral finance, and identifies both its strengths and weaknesses. In doing so, it identifies possible directions …
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The Experimental Study of Asset Pricing Theory
Bossaerts, Peter - In: Foundations and Trends(R) in Finance 3 (2009) 4, pp. 289-361
This monograph sets the stage for experiments by first examining a sample data set that looks very much like the typical historical data one gathers from the field, only it was actually generated in the laboratory so that we know what really went on. The example demonstrates how misleading the...
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The Failure of Judges and the Rise of Regulators
Shleifer, Andrei - The MIT Press
Government regulation is ubiquitous today in rich and middle-income countries--present in areas that range from workplace conditions to food processing to school curricula--although standard economic theories predict that it should be rather uncommon. In this book, Andrei Shleifer argues that...
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Beyond Roscher or not? A reappraisal of Menger’s and Böhm-Bawerk’s contributions to the theory of interest
Tomo, Shigeki - In: Journal of Economic Studies 22 (1995) September, pp. 127-133
Outlines the difference between the attitude of Menger and that of Böhm-Bawerk to Roscher's economic system. Argues that this difference symbolizes the difference in their theoretical contributions in the field of interest theory. Contrasts Menger's use of theoretic assumption with...
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Islamic venture capital - A critical examination
Choudhury, Masudul Alam - In: Journal of Economic Studies 28 (2001) January, pp. 14-33
The well-known modes of raising and mobilizing venture capital in Islam known as mudarabah and musharakah (m&m) in Islamic economics are critically examined. In the form as m&m presently exist, they are pointed out to be pre-Islamic financing instruments that came into usage in the Islamic...
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Ethics and economic theory
Choudhury, Masudul Alam; Hoque, Mohammad Ziaul - In: International Journal of Social Economics 31 (2004) July, pp. 790-807
The theme of micro-foundation of economic theory has not been adequately addressed. This is true even of those who pioneered the area of micro-foundation of macro-economics. The great missing link in economic theory, both of micro-economics and macro-economics, is the inability to...
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Recherche de la productivite et rentabilite dans le secteur bancaire: theories, pratiques et consequences sur la gestion des ressources humaines (France et Etats-Unis).
E, Blaustein; M, Dressen - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1995
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Learning from Crises
Thorat, Usha - eSocialSciences - 2009
that are so typical of market driven systems. [The 'Institute of Banking and Finance (IBF) Distinguished Speaker Series …
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The Financial System and the Economic Crisis of the Interwar Years
Eichengreen, Barry - Institute of Business and Economic Research (IBER), … - 1990
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The Nature of the Creditor-Debtor Relationship in South Africa
Moss, Vuyisani; Dincer, Hasan; Hacioglu, Umit - In: International Journal of Research in Business and … 2 (2013) 2, pp. 47-57
This article was a result of an investigation measuring the ‘Correlation between Borrower Education and Non-payment Behaviour in Low Income Homeowners in South Africa as the premise of the study and poor relationship between lenders and borrowers as the secondary proposition. The study was...
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