Cultural Finance: A World Map Of Risk, Time And Money

Download or read book Cultural Finance: A World Map Of Risk, Time And Money written by Thorsten Hens and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2020-10-29 with total page 573 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a comprehensive overview of the emerging field of cultural finance. It summarizes research results of cultural differences in financial decision making and financial markets. Many of the results have been published in leading academic journals over the last ten years but some are presented here for the first time. The book is based on an international survey on risk and time preferences — the INTRA study, conducted in 53 countries worldwide. Applications to financial markets include the equity premium puzzle, the value premium, dividend payout policies and asset allocations.