Παρουσίαση/Προβολή

(Erasmus) -  Evangelos Vasileiou

Περιγραφή Μαθήματος

Special Topics in Financial Management – Course Contents

• Modern Portfolio Theory and Behavioural Finance

• Emotions, Moods, Personality, Demographic Characteristics, and Investments

• Special Topics

• Cognitive Biases

• Expected Utility Theory and Prospect Theory

• Emotional Biases

Course Outline

Key topics include:

• Calendar Anomalies: How specific patterns of investor behaviour and market dynamics influence capital markets at particular times or with a certain periodicity.

• Factors Influencing Investors’ Psychological States and Behaviour: Conditions that affect investors’ moods and decision-making, such as sunshine and weather conditions.

• Cognitive and Emotional Biases: Including overreaction, prejudices, and recency bias.

• Prospect Theory and the Limitations of the Efficient Market Hypothesis.

• Behavioural Portfolio Theory and the Adaptive Market Hypothesis.

• Emotions, Moods, and Investments: How fear, greed, sadness, regret, and pride influence investment decision-making.

• Personality, Self-Esteem, and Self-Efficacy: Their role as determinants of attitudes towards risk and stock market investments.

• Demographic and Social Factors and Herd Behaviour in Financial Markets.

• The Relationship Between Emotions and Market Trends: How emotions relate to upward (bull) and downward (bear) market movements.

Through case studies and empirical research findings, students will learn to identify psychological patterns that lead to poor investment decisions and to develop more balanced investment strategies.

Finally, the course examines the benefits and limitations of behavioural finance, as well as practical recommendations for improving investment behaviour in environments characterised by uncertainty and risk.

Ημερομηνία δημιουργίας

Wednesday, October 14, 2026