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Behavioral Finance
ECON 980Z

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Description

This junior seminar will provide an overview of theoretical and empirical research on asset pricing that adopts a “behavioral” perspective, i.e. that considers the joint consequences of: (i) investors who have either less than fully rational beliefs or non-standard preferences; and (ii) various impediments to arbitrage.  We will also spend considerable time fleshing out the implications of investor sentiment for corporate finance, macroeconomics, and public policy.

School Faculty of Arts & Sciences
Credits 4
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Department Economics
Course Component Seminar
Subject Economics
Grading Basis FAS Letter Graded
General Education N/A
Quantitative Reasoning with Data N/A
Divisional Distribution Social Sciences
Course Level Primarily for Undergraduate Students