The biology of investing. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: John R. Nofsinger, Corey A. Shank.
• Authors: Nofsinger, John R; Shank, Corey A
• Contents: List of Tables and Figures Chapter 1 Biology and Psychology in Finance Nature vs Nurture What Can We Learn from the Financial Decisions of Twins? Investment of Adoptees and the Human Genome Do Men and Women Invest Differently? Physiology Brain Function and Financial Decisions The Influence of Hormones on Financial Risk-Taking Sleep, Coffee, and Investing How Wellness Influences Financial Decisions Cognitive Outcomes The Emotional and Moody Investor Environmental Factors in Financial Decision-Making Personality and Investing Intelligence and Investment Performance Cognitive Aging and Diminished Decision-Making A Possible Future Notes Section I—Nature vs Nurture Chapter 2 Genetics: Twin Investment Behavior Twin Research: Nature, Nurture, and Unique Experiences Saving and Homeownership Saving Homeownership Risk Attitudes Investing Stock Market Participation Pension Choices Investing Style: Value versus Growth Behavioral Biases Well-being: Giving and Happiness Giving Happiness Summary Questions Notes Chapter 3 More Genetics: Investments of Adoptees and the Human Genome Adoption Introduction to Adoption Studies: Education and Income Investing Decisions Genome The Genome-wide Association Method Investing Risk Aversion Summary Questions Notes Chapter 4 Do Men and Women Invest Differently? Determinants of Gender Differences Gender Biology Societal Differences Financial Experimental Research Retirement Accounts Trading Behavior Gender in Corporate Finance Nature or Social Norms? Feminism and Masculinity Financial Literacy The Gender of Others Summary Questions Notes Section II—Physiology Chapter 5 Brain Function and Financial Decisions The Brain Anatomy of the Brian Neurotransmitters Types of Decision Processes Economic Decisions and the Brian Financial Risk and Reward Evidence from Brain Damage Biological Foundations of Behavioral Finance Genoeconomics Genoeconomics Research Genes and Receptors DRD4 and Financial Decision Making MAOA and Financial Decision Making Summary Questions Notes Chapter 6 The Influence of Hormones on Financial Risk Taking Hormones Hormonal Physiology Circulating Testosterone and Cortisol Levels Testosterone and Economics Risk Taking Cortisol and Economic Risk Taking The Dual Hormone Hypothesis Testosterone, Cortisol, and Financial Decisions Testosterone Proxies 2D:4D Ratio and Facial Masculinity Testosterone Proxies and Economic Risk Taking Testosterone Proxies and Financial Decision Making Testosterone Proxy Validity Summary Questions Notes Chapter 7 Sleep, Coffee, and Investing Sleep Physiology Sleep and Economic Risk Taking Sleep, Economic Risk Taking, and Brain Activation Sleep and Financial Decisions Country-wide Analysis Individual Focused Experiments Sleep Deprivation, Stimulants and Risk Taking Summary Questions Notes Chapter 8 How Wellness Influences Financial Choices Health and Obesity Exercise and Diet Physical Health and Financial Decisions Health and Portfolio Choice Health and Risk Taking—Experiment Evidence Employee Health and Company Performance Society Illness and Stock Market Performance Mental Health and Financial Decisions The Impact of Finance and Health Summary Questions Notes Section III—Cognitive Outcomes Chapter 9 The Emotional and Moody Investor Emotions, Mood, and Physiology Emotions and Economic Decisions Physiological Response to Economic Decisions Emotions, Mood, and Experimental Finance Loss Aversion and Affect Affect and Ethical Decision Making Aggregate Mood and the Stock Market Summary Questions Notes Chapter 10 How Environmental Factors Impact Financial Decisions Weather, Mood, and Financial Decisions Weather and Mood Weather and Experimental Finance Weather and Stock Markets Seasonal Affective Disorder Seasonal Affective Disorder and Physiology Seasonal Affective Disorder and Experimental Finance Seasonal Affective Disorder and Stock Markets Seasonal Affective Disorder and Financial Analysts Air Pollution, Cognition, and Financial Decisions Air Pollution and Cognition Air Pollution and the Stock Market Allergies and Financial Decisions Natural Disasters and Financial Decision Making Natural Disasters and Behavior Natural Disasters and Financial Decisions Terrorism and the Stock Market Terrorism and Behavior Terrorism and the Stock Market Summary Questions Notes Chapter 11 The Personality of a Successful Investor Big Five Personality Traits and Financial Decisions Big Five Personality Traits Big Five Personality Traits and Neural Activity Big Five Personality Traits and Experimental Risk Taking Big Five Personality Traits and Experimental Investments Big Five Personality Traits and Investments Big Five Personality Traits and Corporate Finance Big Five Personality Traits and Personal Finances The Dark Triad and Financial Decisions The Dark Triad The Dark Triad and Business The Underlying Conditions of the Dark Triad The Dark Triad and Financial Decisions Noncognitive Abilities and Financial Decisions Noncognitive Abilities Noncognitive Abilities and Business Overconfidence, Optimism, and Financial Decisions Noncognitive Abilities and Financial Decisions Summary Questions Notes Chapter 12 Types of Intelligence and Investment Performance Types of Cognitive Processing Cognitive Processing and Investing IQ and Investing Decisions Analytical versus Intuitive Thinking and Investing Decisions Measuring Analytical and Intuitive Tendencies—Cognitive Reflection Cognitive Reflection and Behavioral Biases The Theory of Mind and Investing Decisions How Each Type of Intelligence Impacts Investing Decisio
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 332.6019; Investments -- Psychological aspects; Decision making -- Psychological aspects; Risk-taking (Psychology); Human biology
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000050202; 9781000050165; 9781000050189; 9781003009566
• Related ISBNs: 9780367444143; 9780367443399
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