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2021-07-21
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The effect of behavioral biases on financial decisions

DOI: https://doi.org/10.22490/25392786.4963
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Artículo de Investigación
David Peón University of A Coruna, Spain
Manel Antelo University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Financial management decisions are made by people, and people, in all instances, are shaped by their behavioral traits. Here we provide extensive insight on the theoretical and empirical analysis made on cognitive biases and their influence on financial decisions. To provide a systematic exposition, we set three broad categories: heuristics and biases, choices (including framing and preferences) and social factors. We then describe the main biases within each category and provide an extensive revision of the main theoretical and empirical developments about their impact on financial decisions.