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Thaler on Investors

In his January 2018 retrospective “Richard Thaler and the Rise of Behavioral Economics”, Nicholas Barberis reviews the development of behavioral (less than fully rational) models of economics and finance, with focus on Richard Thaler’s contributions. This retrospective summarizes key models that make psychology-based assumptions about: individual preferences; individual beliefs; and, the process by which individuals make decisions. He further segments… Keep Reading

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Full-service or Discount Broker?

Why do many retail investors stick with high-cost, full-service brokers? In their January 2025 paper entitled “Fee Awareness and Brokerage Choice”, Gregory Eaton, Steven Malliaris and Miguel Puertas survey a sample of retail customers of full-service brokers to answer this question. They assemble 399 survey participants via CloudResearch, requiring that each: lives in the U.S.;… Keep Reading