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Corporate Governance as Moral Psychology

Palmiter, Alan R. - 2017

: corporate governance is best seen not as a subset of economics or even law, but instead as a subset of moral psychology. Recent … research in the nascent field of moral psychology suggests that we humans are not rational beings, particularly when we act in … veneer of rationality, to reassure ourselves of our own moral integrity and to signal our moral values to like-minded others …

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Acquisition Risk and Psychology

Cai, Ye - 2016

This paper investigates how the combination of preferences and biases impact the risk-value profile of acquiring firms. We find strong evidence that prior losses impact acquisition risk as firms with negative prior returns are more prone to become acquirers and make value destructive...

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The Biological Psychological Socionomic Continuum

Mir, Muhammad Hanaf - 2022

Neoclassical Economics and the Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH) along with all its types have been a go to for investors since decades but why do almost all speculators tend to lose money while making their financial decisions? Stock market is the most vulnerable place towards uncertainty and...

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Psychological Bias as a Driver of Financial Regulation

Hirshleifer, David A. - 2023

I propose here the psychological attraction theory of financial regulation—that regulation is the result of psychological biases on the part of political participants—voters, politicians, bureaucrats, and media commentators; and of regulatory ideologies that exploit these biases. Some key...

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Drought Readiness and Anxiety of new and experienced Indian Farmers

Raval, Vishvesh; Vyas, Khyati - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

Indian Farmers continue to suffer regularly from Droughts, as a frequent natural disaster and has profound effect individually and collectively. The mental health effects of natural disaster are well known however anxiety and readiness of likely Drought is less well understood. However, in...

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