are the best out performers during a bear market period can be explained by taking into account some behavioural aspects of investing. Kahneman and Tversky (1979, 1992) for example state that people prefer avoiding losses to making gains of the same amount. This implies that economic agents prefer stock

k. It was absolutely forbidden to be prescriptive — to say =hat people ought to do or think.... RICHARD THALER & SEN0HIL MULLAINATHAN Kahneman and Tversky made Behavioral Economics Adjacently Possible EFTA_R1_02124882 EFTA02711327 Even in science, timing is everything. Charles Babbage' programmable

was also Israeli. They were investigating the effect of human bias and other subjective factors on how we perceive reality, and thus make decisions. Tversky’s work especially fascinated me, because it questioned a basic assumption in the kind of predictive formulas my own department was advancing: that we

was also Israeli. They were investigating the effect of human bias and other subjective factors on how we perceive reality, and thus make decisions. Tversky's work especially fascinated me, because it questioned a basic assumption in the kind of predictive formulas my own department was advancing: that we

here all people together seem overoptimistic or overpessimistic accordingly to circumstances, as shown in the psychological economics of Hanneman and Tversky. The axiom requires that these biases offset over scale and time. That sounds plausible, and anyhow makes analysis easier. The maximand rule would

sychologists Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky—has documented the ways in which people deviate from the prescriptions of rational models. Kahneman and Tversky proposed that in many situations people instead follow simple heuristics that allow them to reach good solutions at low cognitive cost but sometimes

sychologists Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky—has documented the ways in which people deviate from the prescriptions of rational models. Kahneman and Tversky proposed that in many situations people instead follow simple heuristics that allow them to reach good solutions at low cognitive cost but sometimes