The thesis comprises three essays on the reasons for and consequences of poorly-informed decision-making. Chapter 1 investigates active avoidance of information as a source of uninformed decision-making. Next to providing input for subsequent decisions information may trigger undesirable...

Multi-agent, financial forecasting, neural networks, dynamical systems, market modeling, cognitive systems, econometrics. - One of the challenges of financial research is to develop models that are capable of explaining and forecasting market price movements and returns.Agent based models focus...