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2020-08-07

  Intro to Racism for Behavioral Economics class (MBA 639)

A class introduction (no numbers) to the Racism topic.  Frankly, I don't think it is great, but for such an important topic it did need an introduction.    Short version: racism is really bad, but still here, and in this section we will look at the psy...
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2017-07-20

  Behavioral CORPORATE finance: How behavioral finance affects firms

Most work in the field of behavioral finance focuses on the investment side of the fence.  That is unfortunate as managers are people too and they fall prey to many of the same biases that investors do. In this section of the course we will look at how...
  jim mahar author
2017-07-20

  An overview of why/how behavioral biases can influence investors' returns

WHen most people think of behavioral finance, they think of the material we will cover in this section. It is a look at how biases can impact investor returns.   We will look at bubbles, excessive trading (and risk taking), and the social aspects of in...
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2017-07-19

  Behavioral Econ/Finance outside of finance

From Marketing to politics., from Healthcare to Education,  from International Development to treating addictions, the things we learned in Behavioral Finance and Economics can be used to help make the world a better place.    
  jim mahar author
2017-07-18

  Behavioral Finance: introduction to the brain, neuroscience, and neurotransmitters

While this is not a science class, we do need to have an understanding of the various parts of the brain, how we look at the brain, and how what we do (or don't do) can influence the brain and our decisions.  We also look some at addiction as it gives ...
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2017-07-18

  Scarcity in two parts: Scarcity as in tunneling/Lack of Bandwidth and Scarcity as in Poverty

This episode gives a short introduction into the two concepts covered in this part class:The concept of Scarcity as described in Mullainathan and Shafer's great book: Scarcity: The New Science of Having Less and How It Defines Our Lives.  How having to...
  jim mahar author
2017-07-12

  Behavioral Finance Introduction for MBA 639

 An Introduction to Behavioral Finance and Behavioral Economics at St. Bonaventure University.  It is tailored to MBA 639 but can be listened to by anyone.  Not sure what happened to the audio quality.  Sounds like I was in a tunnel.  Which I assure yo...
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2017-07-12

  Behavioral Finance MBA 639 Introduction to Biases

This is an introduction to behavioral biases.   The short version: thinking is hard.  It can take time and effort.  So we have evolved to come up with shortcuts and biases that do not always help us when it comes to financial decisions (or other kinds ...
  jim mahar author
2017-03-27

  Mergers and Acquisitions Part 2

Hostile takeover defenses.  Takeover waves.  Still no voice, but a little better.  how to fight acquisitions Pre-bid defenses:Maximize Shareholder value!Shark repellentsSuper majority: For a takeover, you need more than 51% of votesFair Price Amendment...
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2017-03-26

  Trends in Finance and Economics

In an attempt to wrap up MBA 610, I made a list of things on the horizon.  It was a tough list to make.  A few things that were really close: FinTech, raising interest rates, the role of government in markets, and more.   The list: Income and Wealth in...
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