040018 KU Behavioural Finance (MA) (2018S)

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 4 - Wirtschaftswissenschaften

Continuous assessment of course work

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Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Registration is open from We 14.02.2018 09:00 to We 21.02.2018 12:00
Deregistration possible until We 14.03.2018 23:59

Details

max. 50 participants

Language: English

Lecturers

Sergey Zhuk

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

The course will take place in the second half of the semester. The first lecture is tentatively on 02.05.2018

    
    Wednesday
    02.05.
    16:45 - 20:00
    Hörsaal 12  Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1  2.Stock
    
    Wednesday
    09.05.
    16:45 - 20:00
    Hörsaal 15  Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1  2.Stock
    
    Wednesday
    16.05.
    16:45 - 20:00
    Hörsaal 12  Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1  2.Stock
    
    Wednesday
    06.06.
    18:30 - 21:30
    Hörsaal 6  Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1  1.Stock
    
    Wednesday
    13.06.
    16:45 - 20:00
    Hörsaal 16  Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1  2.Stock
    
    Wednesday
    20.06.
    16:45 - 20:00
    Hörsaal 12  Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1  2.Stock
    
    Wednesday
    27.06.
    16:45 - 20:00
    Hörsaal 10  Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1  2.Stock
Hörsaal 12  Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1  2.Stock

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Traditionally, Financial Economics assumes that investors and other market participants are perfectly rational. While this is a good first approximation, there is a number of systematic biases in people's behavior. The goal of this course is to discuss how these biases affect financial markets and investors' decisions. We will start with describing the most relevant deviations (such as overconfidence, loss aversion and others), and we will continue with various financial applications. We will talk about bubbles, herding, implications for corporate decisions and investors' behavior.

Topics of the courses:
1. Psychological Biases
2. Limits to Arbitrage, Market Efficiency
3. Bubbles
4. Herding
5. Aggregate stock market
6. Investor Behavior
7. Behavioral Corporate Finance

Assessment and permitted materials

The grade will be based on the midterm and the final exam. A fraction can be also allocated to the homework exercises and class participation.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Examination topics

Reading list

Association in the course directory

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