Lehrstuhl für BWL, insb. Finanzierung
Prof. Dr. Thomas Langer
Universitätsstraße 14 - 16 48143 Münster Tel. (02 51) 83 - 220 33
Behavioral Finance lecture #1 - Oct. 08, 2012
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What is behavioral finance?
Assume you need some liquidity and think about selling some stocks from your portfolio.
Your position in Siemensshares seems to fit well for this purpose.
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What is behavioral finance?
You remember that you purchased the
Siemens shares in
September 2008.
Shortly before submitting your selling order you check the exact purchase date of the shares …
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What is behavioral finance?
… and recognize that you actually bought the shares some months earlier, in February
2008.
This makes you change your mind … and you decide to sell a different type of stock instead. Behavioral Finance lecture #1 - Oct. 08, 2012
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What is behavioral finance?
Such a behavior is
Behavioral Finance lecture #1 - Oct. 08, 2012
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Motivation/Introduction
Let‘s look at another example and play a game
Rules of the game
• Every student in this class …
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1 – Motivation / Basic concepts of Behavioral Finance
Motivation/Introduction
What is Behavioral Finance?
Basic idea of Behavioral Finance
Use insights from the behavioral sciences on individual decision making to
better understand and predict the behavior of financial decision makers and the implications for the functioning of capital markets
Behavioral
Finance
Behavioral Finance lecture #1 - Oct. 08, 2012
neoclassical financial theory
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1 – Motivation / Basic concepts of Behavioral Finance
Motivation/Introduction
Behavioral Economics
Behavioral Finance
A real individual is not a
Finance
homo oeconomicus
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