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This chapter provides an overview of the research literature and the important issues regarding risk perception and … factors of risk within the domains of risk perception and risk tolerance. Risk perception is the subjective decision …
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Firm Profitability - Does it really matter for shareholder return or ROE (return on equity)? Does this question sound oxymoron and antithetic? Not really. On the contrary, evidence has surfaced that Returns on equity - based on the shareholders' equity accounted in the balance sheet - is not...
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This chapter provides a critical review of behavioral economic approaches to decision-making with a focus on the thinking processes of investors. It discusses the bounded rationality approach to decision-making as compared to the errors and biases approach for better understanding...
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Understanding fundamental human tendencies can help financial planners and advisers recognize behaviors that may interfere with clients achieving their long-term goals. The authors describe several well-established behavioral biases and suggest how to overcome them
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, in most time periods and in most asset classes, all over the world. So, our title may seem unduly provocative. However …
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The asset management industry has marketed for years this idea of "disciplined investing" through Systematic Investment … prudent investment strategy that reduces risk avoiding market timing. But this idea has many opponents, that strongly support …
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The financial crisis has revealed fatal institutional and structural deficits at the finance market. Politics has reacted to the financial crisis with a sea of legal bills and regulations. But all regulating efforts are merely system-imminent reparation measures and do not solve the core...
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In the wake of the recent financial crisis, several commentators have suggested a transaction tax on financial markets. The potential consequences of such a tax could be hazardous to the financial markets affected as well as to the economy. In this paper, we review the relevant theoretical and...
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primary focus on angel investment. Angel investment is the primary source of outside equity financing for start-ups in a … gaps left by banks and venture capital firms. This publication provides an in-depth look into angel investment, including … definitions, data and processes. It reviews developments around the world and identifies some of the key success factors …
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