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Behavioural Finance - FINS3655
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Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite: FINS1613
 
 
Fee Band: 3 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
  

Description

Introduces students to the concept of behavioural finance and its impact on financial markets and decision making. Investigates behavioural traits such as overconfidence, representativeness, anchoring and loss aversion and demonstrates how these psychological phenomena impact on an individual's behaviour. Other topics covered include the impact of behavioural factors on stock market anomalies, capital structure, dividend policy and mergers and acquisitions. At the end of this course, students will understand the nature and impact of these psychological factors on many important business decisions.


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