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    1.8. BEHAVIORAL FINANCE The whole concept of Behavioural Finance was introduced by Daniel Kahneman and Amol Tversky in late 1960s. They are called as the father of Behavioural Finance. Their observation began to kick off a whole range of discoveries, with ramifications that investors cannot afford to ignore. Later, Tversky and Kahneman began to uncover previously searched series of behavioural bias that causes investors to act irrationally. In 2002, Daniel Kahneman received the Noble Memorial Prize

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    Tversky and Kahneman’s (1979) prospect theory. This theory provided new insight into the decision-making process, and went further than previous theory, the utility theory, to explain how decisions are made. Tversky and Kahneman describe prospect theory as a decision between gains and losses, or prospect and gambles as it is referred to in their 1979 paper. With every choice we make there are probabilities of losing and probabilities of gaining. In terms of gaining, prospect theory states that people

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    THINKING, FAST and SLOW- Book Project Thinking, fast and slow written by an empirical researcher and psychologist, Daniel Kahneman, The book tells us how we can afford to think while we’re not even paying attention. It offers us the paths to better understanding ourselves, how to think automatically and common, instead of difficult and rare. The book starts by clarifying the two fundamental modes of thought: ‘system-1 (the fast thinking system) and ‘system-2’ (the slow thinking system). System-1

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    is the study of what makes experiences and life pleasant or unpleasant.” He also collaborated with several Psychologists, such as Thaler, Varey, Snell, and the best Amos Tversky. Daniel Kahneman won the Nobel Prize in economics for his work on ‘Prospect theory’, which he shared with Amos Tversky. The two were awarded the University of Louisville Grawemeyr Award for Psychology. In the 2000’s Kahneman was awarded seven different awards and achievement, and the last one was the Presidential Medal of

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    Prospect theory is a Behavioural Economics Theory which tries to understand how people take decisions in terms of two alternatives, which have a probabilistic nature. These decision making processes and their respective outcomes also involve risk. An important point of the Prospect Theory is that it considers the fact that the outcomes of the alternatives are known. The basic idea behind the theory is that people base their decisions on potential gains and losses, rather than thinking about the final

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    Their findings led to the creation of a theory about risky choices known as the Prospect theory. Based on their studies, people perceive outcomes as gains and losses rather than the totality of wealth and welfare. Thus, people place more value on outcomes that are considered certain, relative to outcomes that were only probable. They

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    INTRODUCTION Different segments of the general public are keen on data about the present budgetary positions and future prospects of business undertakings. Presently the people perhaps straightforwardly identified with the enterprise, or they may be keen on securing relations with the same instantly. Their essential target is to choose whether they will keep up, reinforce, or break their current relations with the business undertakings. Various proclamations readied toward the end of each bookkeeping

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    In Uruguay, between one out of three and one out of four children that enroll in secondary school do not graduate. For a country that used to exhibit high education levels and more than tripled its education expenditure per student in the last ten years, being just above Latin American standards appears as anything but a success. Several studies dug in the cause and nature of such an evolution. One particular finding called for the attention of researchers: the probability of an adolescent leaving

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    This essay will be reviewing two articles talking about the Affordable Care Act. One article was written and posted on The American Prospect(Citation) and the other was written and posted on The American Spectator(Citation). This essay will explore the differing viewpoints and opinions of the these online publications and how they affect the articles they post. When someone writes an article, it is often done from a specific viewpoint(Book). A view point can be described as a way of thinking

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    This distinctive book called, “Thinking, Fast and Slow” by Daniel Kahneman, is one of very few exquisite readings I’ve completed so far. Daniel Kahneman is a psychologist in Princeton University, and due to his research, he won a Nobel Prize in 2002 in economics. In the beginning of his book, he speaks of our cognitive System 1 and System 2 ways of thinking. System 1 generates feelings, impressions, and memory. It is very instinctive, automatic, and is considered quick thinking. System 2 on the other

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