Spring 2025  |  FINA 6325 Section 070: Behavioral Finance (56476)

Instructor(s)
No instructor assigned
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
2 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
Completely Online
Class Attributes:
Online Course
Enrollment Requirements:
MBA or Mgmt Science MBA
Times and Locations:
First Half of Term
 
01/21/2025 - 03/17/2025
Off Campus
Virtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
Enrollment Status:
Open (0 of 48 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Psychology/realistic settings that guide/develop alternative theories of financial market. How behavioral finance complements traditional paradigm on investors' trading patterns, behavior of asset prices, corporate finance, various Wall Street institutions/practices. prereq: MBA or Mgmt Sci MBA student
Class Description:
Over the past several decades, the field of finance has developed a successful paradigm based on the notions that investors and managers were generally rational and the prices of securities were generally "efficient." In recent years, however, anecdotal evidence, as well as theoretical and empirical research, has shown this paradigm to be insufficient to describe various features of actual financial markets. In this course, we will use psychology and more realistic settings to guide and develop alternative theories of financial markets. We will examine how the insights of behavioral finance complement the traditional paradigm and shed light on investors' trading patterns, the behavior of asset prices, corporate finance, and various Wall Street institutions and practices.
Who Should Take This Class?:
FINA 6325 is reserved for MBA students. If you are a non-MBA student seeking to take this course, fill out the petition form found at goo.gl/9Y9PR5. Additional information, including petition deadlines, can be found at http://carlsonschool.umn.edu/degrees/master-business-administration/part-time-mba/admissions/mba-course-petition-form
Learning Objectives:
After taking this course, students will demonstrate knowledge of:
1. the historical background and evidence on market efficiency hypothesis
2. the underlying mechanisms on the limits of arbitrageurs
3. the systematic behavioral biases in typical individual investors
4. the potential impact on stock prices due to individuals' behavioral biases
5. a collection of stylized facts on stock return predictability
6. how the managers can take advantage of the behavioral biases of individual investors
Class Format:
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/56476/1253
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
8 February 2017

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