Behavioral finance: biased individual investment decision making; like the company but dislike the investment

Classical economics considers people to be rational, self-interested and selfcontrolled. Behavioral economics showed instead that we are not as logical and efficient as we might think: we do care about others, and we are not as disciplined as we would like to be. Our intuitive mind works by mean of...

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Main Author: Adrian MITROI
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: General Association of Economists from Romania 2014-01-01
Series:Theoretical and Applied Economics
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Online Access: http://store.ectap.ro/articole/943.pdf
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description Classical economics considers people to be rational, self-interested and selfcontrolled. Behavioral economics showed instead that we are not as logical and efficient as we might think: we do care about others, and we are not as disciplined as we would like to be. Our intuitive mind works by mean of mental shortcuts that lead to erroneous decisions, since our mind delivers the products of these mental shortcuts, and we accept to follow them, spending the significant mental resources remaining available for other, survival related tasks.
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spelling doaj.art-e2e47525fa6e4b07962fafb1739571c52022-12-22T00:00:47ZengGeneral Association of Economists from RomaniaTheoretical and Applied Economics1841-86781844-00292014-01-01XXI1637418418678Behavioral finance: biased individual investment decision making; like the company but dislike the investmentAdrian MITROI0 Bucharest University of Economic Studies Classical economics considers people to be rational, self-interested and selfcontrolled. Behavioral economics showed instead that we are not as logical and efficient as we might think: we do care about others, and we are not as disciplined as we would like to be. Our intuitive mind works by mean of mental shortcuts that lead to erroneous decisions, since our mind delivers the products of these mental shortcuts, and we accept to follow them, spending the significant mental resources remaining available for other, survival related tasks. http://store.ectap.ro/articole/943.pdf psychologybiasesefficiencyindividual investment
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Behavioral finance: biased individual investment decision making; like the company but dislike the investment
Theoretical and Applied Economics
psychology
biases
efficiency
individual investment
title Behavioral finance: biased individual investment decision making; like the company but dislike the investment
title_full Behavioral finance: biased individual investment decision making; like the company but dislike the investment
title_fullStr Behavioral finance: biased individual investment decision making; like the company but dislike the investment
title_full_unstemmed Behavioral finance: biased individual investment decision making; like the company but dislike the investment
title_short Behavioral finance: biased individual investment decision making; like the company but dislike the investment
title_sort behavioral finance biased individual investment decision making like the company but dislike the investment
topic psychology
biases
efficiency
individual investment
url http://store.ectap.ro/articole/943.pdf
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