Behavioral Finance - An Introduction and Current Issues

Dozent/in:

Petko Kalev

Angaben:

Blockseminar, benoteter Schein

Termine:

Einzeltermin am 8.6.2022, Einzeltermin am 9.6.2022, 8:00 - 17:15, KÄ7/01.09
Einzeltermin am 21.7.2022, Einzeltermin am 22.7.2022, 8:00 - 12:00, Online-Meeting

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

Registration deadline for the exam: Monday, 2 May 2022, 18:00h (in person with Gerlinde Weinhäupl, personal assistant at the Chair of Banking and Financial Control, Room Kä7/01.34)
There will be a course on the Virtual Campus for this class. Students may register for the VC course till Thursday, 2 June 2022 without password. After that date a password will be required that will be communicated during the classroom sessions.

Inhalt:

In this subject you will learn about the behavioral biases, heuristics and disposition effects that present obstacles to maximizing the value derived from financial and investment decisions. In other words, Behavioral Finance examines how individual financial decision making and behavior affect outcomes in financial markets. This will include examination of the trading and investment behaviors of various types of investors, including individual and institutional investors, and in various market settings, with predominant focus on equity investment and trading markets.