Countries and Culture in Behavioral Finance
From the Wealth Management 2008 conference
In this webcast, Meir Statman discusses the following:
- Do aversion to risk, aversion to regret, attraction to maximization, and feelings of trust and happiness vary by gender, age, or country of origin?
- Are investors who are averse to risk in their portfolios equally averse to risk in their jobs, and are investors who are averse to risk also averse to regret?
- Should financial advisers consider clients' countries of origin when educating and advising them?
This webcast comprises a 39-minute presentation and a 16-minute question-and-answer session.
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Speaker
Meir Statman
is Glenn Klimek Professor of Finance at the Leavey School of Business
at Santa Clara University. His widely published research focuses on
behavioral finance and has been supported by the National Science
Foundation, the Research Foundation of CFA Institute, and the Dean
Witter Foundation. Professor Statman is a member of the Editorial Board
of the Financial Analysts Journal, which twice awarded him with
the Graham and Dodd Award of Excellence. He holds a BA and an MBA from
Hebrew University and a PhD from Columbia University.
This information was accurate as of the date of the recording.