Review of Behavioral Finance: Volume 10 Issue 2

Confucius confusion: analyst forecast dispersion and business cycles

Raymond Cox, Ajit Dayanandan, Han Donker, John R. Nofsinger

Financial analysts have been found to be overconfident. The purpose of this paper is to study the ramifications of that overconfidence on the dispersion of earnings estimates as a…

Stockholdings of first-time and more experienced investors

Kent Baker, Adri De Ridder, Annalien De Vries

The purpose of this paper is to examine whether socio-economic factors influence portfolio composition of individual investors investing in stocks for the first time and how these…

Deconstructing the corporate psychopath: an examination of deceptive behavior

Corey Allen Shank

The purpose of this paper is to examine whether business students deceive others more often than non-business students.

Phorced to phish: benefits of a phishing equilibrium

Nemo D’Qrill, Vincent F. Hendricks

A salesman calls up to offer you a “much” better phone plan. Before you know, you have changed to this new plan, which not only exceeds your needs, but also “procures” a six-month…

Islamic finance and herding behavior: an application to Gulf Islamic stock markets

Imed Medhioub, Mustapha Chaffai

The purpose of this paper is to examine the herding behavior in GCC Islamic stock markets.