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5. Corporate Governance and Behavioral Finance

verfasst von : Bruno Buchetti, Alessandro Santoni

Erschienen in: Corporate Governance in the Banking Sector

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Abstract

Board’s decision-making process and CEOs’ biases have been at the center of academic literature studies on behavior economics following the financial crisis in the first decade of 2000. We described some of the most common irrational beliefs or behaviors that can unconsciously influence board’s and CEOs’ decision-making process.

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Metadaten
Titel
Corporate Governance and Behavioral Finance
verfasst von
Bruno Buchetti
Alessandro Santoni
Copyright-Jahr
2022
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-97575-3_5