Behavioral Finance

Empowering investors through education is a foundational tenet of our firm and a big reason why we write these posts. The article we cover here is a meta-analysis 76 randomized studies on the impacts and design of financial education, a topic we've hit on before. It' almost cliche now to hear parents and educators demand schools take the initiative to make financial education a high priority. However, it's reasonable to ask, does financial education even work?

Today we summarize an investigation into the usefulness of Prospect Theory and Narrow Framing to evaluate whether a new model can help explain 22 prominent market anomalies.

The rate of communication Huang, Hwang and LouJournal of Financial Economics, 2021A version of this paper can be found hereWant to read our summaries of academic finance papers? Check out our Academic Research Insight category What are the [...]

Extrapolative Beliefs in the Cross Section: What Can We Learn from the Crowds? Zhi Da, Xing Huang, Lawrence J. JinJournal of Financial Economics, 2020A version of this paper can be found hereWant to read our summaries [...]

Do Individual Investors Trade on Investment-related Internet Postings? Manuel Ammannt and Nic SchaubManagement Science, 2020A version of this paper can be found hereWant to read our summaries of academic finance papers? Check out our Academic Research Insight category [...]