MS218 Behavioral Finance

Unit 1 [Book]
Behavioral Finance Definition, Behavioral finance micro and Behavioral finance macro, Important contributors, Components	VIEW
Behavioral Finance difference with Standard Finance	VIEW
Market efficiency and Anomalies	VIEW
Expected Utility Theory	VIEW
Agency theory, Limits to Arbitrage	VIEW
Prospect theory	VIEW
Loss Aversion, model of loss aversion	VIEW
Gambler fallacy	VIEW
Hot hand fallacy	VIEW

Unit 2 [Book]
Investor Behaviour, Types of investors, Objectives of investment	VIEW
Factors influencing Investor decision making	VIEW
Factors influencing investor personality	VIEW
Characteristics of successful investors	VIEW
Risk Attitude, Types of risk, Standard finance view of risk, Behavioral finance viewpoint of risk, Risk perception, Factors affecting risk attitude	VIEW
Investor Personality, Tools, Investor models, Contrarian investor, Examples, Strategies	VIEW

Unit 3 [Book]
Behavioural Biases and Irrational Investing	VIEW
Representativeness heuristic, Availability heuristic affect heuristic, Similarity heuristic	VIEW
Cognitive and Emotional Biases, Overconfidence bias, Cognitive dissonance bias, Self-attribution bias	VIEW
illusion of control bias, Conservatism bias, Ambiguity aversion bias, Endowment bias	VIEW
Self-control bias, Optimism bias, Mental accounting bias, Confirmation bias, Hindsight bias, Recency bias, Regret aversion bias, Status quo bias	VIEW
Strategies to Overcome Biases: Over Reaction and Optimism	VIEW
Herding Behaviour and Mean Reversal	VIEW

Unit 4 [Book]
Recent Advances in Behavioural Finance: Neuro Finance, Human brain, Neurotechnology	VIEW
Noise Trading	VIEW
Behavioural Capital Asset Pricing Model	VIEW
Behavioural Portfolio Theory	VIEW
Investor Sentiments	VIEW
Conflict of Interest	VIEW
Group Psychology on Board	VIEW
Contract theory	VIEW
Corporate governance strategies	VIEW
Corporate governance strategies	VIEW