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Behavioral Finance
(dt. Behavioral Finance)

Level, degree of commitment Specialization module, compulsory elective module
Forms of teaching and learning,
workload		 Lecture, Students‘ Colloquium,
180 hours (attendance: 45 hours preparation and follow-up: 55 hours Vorbereitung Vortrag: 25 hours Vorbereitung Abschlussklausur: 55 hours)
Credit points,
formal requirements		 6 CP
Course requirement(s): Written examination
Examination type: Presentation (10-30 minutes)
Language,
Grading		 English,
The grading is done with 0 to 15 points according to the examination regulations for the degree program M.Sc. Business Administration.
Duration,
frequency		 One semester,
Jedes zweite Semester
Person in charge of the module's outline Prof. Dr. Oscar A. Stolper

Contents

Building on a focused review of the central concepts of rational decision making under uncertainty, students in this course will first become comprehensively familiar with prospect theory as the most widely used formalized alternative to expected utility theory. In addition, students in this course will receive an introduction to experimental behavioral research and a comprehensive overview of behavioral and capital market anomalies identified to date. The module is rounded off by a presentation in the integrated Students' Colloquium, in which participants work independently in small groups to understand and present the methodological approach and empirical findings of a selected scientific research paper.


Qualification Goals

After successful participation in the module, students are comprehensively familiar with the concept and methodological tools as well as, in particular, with the explanatory contribution of behavioral finance beyond classical finance theory from the perspective of investors, corporate decision-makers and also at the market level. In addition, the integrated Students' Colloquium enables students to independently evaluate scientific findings at the current edge of relevant research and helps to prepare students for an empirically oriented final thesis.


Prerequisites

None


Applicability

Module imported from M.Sc. Business Administration.

When studying M.Sc. Business Mathematics, this module can be attended in the study area Modules in Business Administration and Economics.

Die Wahlmöglichkeit des Moduls ist dadurch beschränkt, dass es dem Schwerpunkt Accounting and Finance zugeordnet ist.


Recommended Reading

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