It is firmly established that human judgement and decision making can fall short of the standard required in the Behavioral Decision Theory of von Neumann and Morgenstern (1947). Consumers in particular seem vulnerable to systematic errors of judgement which affect their choice behaviour,...

Individuals are prone to significant errors when making value judgements through the use of <italic>heuristics</italic> (cognitive short cuts) to simplify decision making. This paper uses an economic experiment to investigate the strength of arbitrary <italic>anchors</italic> in judgements over house prices among a student...

The two main theories of capital structure are tested on a sample of 18 UK listed real estate companies, over a seven year period to 2004. Using dynamic specifications of the models inferences about firm financing behaviour can be made. Specifically: (1) Where firms turn to external financing,...

"Current advances and convergence trends in Web 2.0 have changed the way we communicate and collaborate, and as a result, user-controlled communities and user-generated content through Web 2.0 are expected to play an important role for collaborative learning. Collaborative Learning 2.0: Open...

Purpose: The paper reflects upon the tendency of participants in the commercial real estate markets to give excess status to individuals in decision-making and to hold beliefs that are at best weakly supported empirically. Design/methodology/approach: The paper is reflexive in nature, using...