The Neural Basis of Financial Risk Taking
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Keywords
neuroeconomics; neurofinance; brain; investing; emotions; affect;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D81 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty
- D83 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness
- D84 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Expectations; Speculations
- C91 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Individual Behavior
- G11 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Portfolio Choice; Investment Decisions
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-BEC-2005-11-09 (Business Economics)
- NEP-CBE-2005-11-09 (Cognitive and Behavioural Economics)
- NEP-EXP-2005-11-09 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-FIN-2005-11-09 (Finance)
- NEP-FMK-2005-11-09 (Financial Markets)
- NEP-MIC-2005-11-09 (Microeconomics)
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