Cognitive biases in the capital investment context : theoretical considerations and empirical experiments on violations of normative rationality

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Cognitive biases in the capital investment context : theoretical considerations and empirical experiments on violations of normative rationality

Sebastian Serfas ; with a foreword by Uwe Götze

(Gabler research)

Gabler, 2011

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Thesis (doctoral)--Chemnitz University of Technology, 2010

Bibliography: p. [233]-255

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Sebastian Serfas shows how cognitive biases systematically affect and distort capital investment-related decision making and business judgements. He provides a large number of examples that every business practitioner might encounter every day, demonstrates the detrimental effects through various empirical experiments, and outlines potential counterstrategies to mitigate these negative effects.

Table of Contents

  • Theoretical Foundations of Capital Investments and Cognitive Biases
  • Cognitive Biases in the Capital Investment Context
  • Empirical Experiments
  • Debiasing and Potential Countermeasures

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