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Irrational Investments and Behavioural Finance

Irrational men down rational markets

A “compromise” between the traditional and behavioral approach Markets are efficient. This is the main underlying assumption in Economics and Finance, and it means that any asset price should reflect all the available information, stating the homonymous Efficient Market Hypothesis. Although we can have different forms of efficiency, the main concept that this theory wants […]

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Business World

What we could get wrong about motivating people

Imagine you are a leader of the group, a CEO of a well-known firm. Your job is to guide people to achieve something together. As a businessman first thing that pops into your head, in order to make people work harder, is the simplest way: I should pay them more. If I want a group […]

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Irrational Investments and Behavioural Finance

Cashless Italia

Italy for Nudges by promoting incentives for non-cash payments This article aims to explain the underlying aspects of the “National Cashback”, a new program planned by the Italian Government. This article presents the ongoing program “Italia Cashless“, a name that has been present in the news over the last few weeks, analyzed under nudge theory, […]