Financial Decision Making

Taylor & Francis

Financial Decision MakingUnderstanding Chinese Investment Behavior\nAuthor(s): Ning Zhu\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138658165, 978-1138658165\nSynopsis\nThis book sheds light on financial decision making and lays down the major biases in human behavioral decision making, such as over-confidence, naive extrapolation, attention, and risk aversion, and how they lead investors and corporations to make considerable mistakes in investment.\n\nIt draws on a large body of literature, from psychology and social psychology to, most importantly, behavioral economics and behavioral finance. It also looks at the progress in behavioral finance research over recent decades and includes research outputs based on retail and institutional investors from the United States, China, and many other international financial markets.\n\nThe book focuses on Chinas financial reforms and economic transition and includes many cases from .