PhD Seminar: Research Topics in Behavioral Finance

3 credits

This PhD course will examine how psychological biases and non-standard preferences interact with traditional topics in corporate finance and asset pricing. We will survey recent research on biases in individual decision-making, the predictability of security returns, and the practical limits to arbitrage. The objective of the course is (1) to familiarize students with the foundations and recent developments of research in behavioral finance, and (2) to help students develop research ideas and quantitative skills, which can be used to write a successful PhD dissertation.