Using a unique sample constructed by 600 investors' responses to a structured questionnaire, we investigate the impact of behavioral biases on the investors' investment decision making in the Pakistani equity market, as well as the roles that market anomalies and financial literacy play in the...

Recent literature in empirical finance is surveyed in its relation to underlying behavioral principles, principles which come primarily from psychology, sociology, and anthropology. The behavioral principles discussed are: prospect theory, regret and cognitive dissonance, anchoring, mental...