Amos Tversky, Behavioral Finance, and Nobel Prizes

The death of Amos Tversky on June 2, 1996, brought an end to the distinguished career of one of the pioneers of behavioral finance. Tversky documented a number of systematic errors in judgment to which humans are prone--cognitive illusions being one of the best known. Tversky's work fit the pat...

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Published inFinancial analysts journal Vol. 52; no. 4; pp. 7 - 8
Main Author Fuller, Russell J.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Charlottesville The Association for Investment Management and Research 01.07.1996
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Behavior
Behavioral economics
Behavioral finance
Behavioral sciences
Deaths
Economic expectations
Economic research
Economic theory
Economics
Efficient markets
Finance
Financial investments
Financial markets
Guest Speaker
Heuristics
Investment policy
Investors
Nobel Prizes
Personal profiles
Rational expectations theory
Securities markets
Teachers
United States > US
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Summary:The death of Amos Tversky on June 2, 1996, brought an end to the distinguished career of one of the pioneers of behavioral finance. Tversky documented a number of systematic errors in judgment to which humans are prone--cognitive illusions being one of the best known. Tversky's work fit the pattern of Nobel Prize winners in economics in challenging conventional wisdom, being based on "simple" ideas, and spawning copious research by others.
ISSN:0015-198X
1938-3312
DOI:10.2469/faj.v52.n4.2005