Psychology has always been interested in interest. Theories of interest, curiosity, and intrinsic motivation appear in historical classics and in far-flung areas of modern research. The study of interest currently has a home in the psychology of…
Let me tell you why this business book is different right from the
start. It’s written by people who know what they’re talking about.
Now I know what you’re thinking—aren’t all business books written
by people who should know what…
Trading is a difficult business. Finding a way to build steady profits takes long, hard work or very good luck. Sometimes the effort fails; no matter how much energy is applied, there is no answer to be found. Other times, a successful program has…
This text provides an introduction to accounting and finance. It is aimed primarily at
students who are not majoring in accounting or finance but who are, nevertheless,
studying introductory level accounting and finance as part of their course in…
Over the last decade or so, behavioral economics has fundamentally changed the way economists conceptualize the world. Behavioral economics is an umbrella of approaches that seek to extend the standard economics framework to account for relevant…
That executives give neither sufficient time nor sufficient thought
to the future is a universal complaint. Every executive voices it
when he talks about his own working day and when he talks or
writes to his associates. It is a recurrent theme in…
The book seeks new methods to inform debates about the value of neuroeconomic methods. Somewhat as the field of epidemiology has categorized medical experiments, it describes the different methods of study
and the levels of evidence they provide.…
Investors walk a tricky tightrope of risk and performance. Those who choose too little risk may fail to reach their goal. Those who choose too
much may lose their balance, with potentially disastrous results. How
should investors decide what level…
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The Globalization of
Financial Volatility:
Challenges for Emerging
Economies
ne of the outstanding features of modern…