Review of Behavioral Finance: Volume 15 Issue 1

Are the saving decision patterns of bank customers also clouded by psychological biases? Evidence from Ghana

Joseph Emmanuel Tetteh, Christopher Boachie

This paper attempts to investigate the influence of psychological biases on saving decision-making of bank customers in Ghana.

What make investors herd while investing in the Indian stock market? A hybrid approach

Muskan Sachdeva, Ritu Lehal, Sanjay Gupta, Aashish Garg

In recent years, significant research has focused on the question of whether severe market periods are accompanied by herding behavior. As herding behavior is a considerable cause…

Quarterly seasonality and momentum strategy implementation

Daniel Folkinshteyn, Jordan Moore

Momentum strategies exhibit quarterly seasonality, earning significantly higher average strategy returns in the third month of the quarter than the first month. The authors…

Stock markets' reaction to COVID-19: the joint impact of uncertainty avoidance culture and government response–evidence from emerging countries

Phan Huy Hieu Tran, Thu Ha Tran

The authors examine whether the uncertainty avoidance culture and the stringency of government response play a role in shaping the stock market's response to coronavirus disease…

Weather, investor psychology and stock returns: evidence from Fiji's stock market

Janesh Sami

This paper investigates whether weather affects stock market returns in Fiji's stock market.

Antecedents to heuristics: decoding the role of herding and prospect theory for Indian millennial investors

Preeti Goyal, Poornima Gupta, Vanita Yadav

The purpose of this paper is to explore how heuristics are formed and whether herding and prospect theory act as antecedents to heuristics. The relationship is explored…

Financial literacy and retirement planning in Ghana

Emmanuel Sarpong-Kumankoma

This paper aims to investigate the impact of financial literacy on savings and retirement planning in Ghana.