Investment Decisions and Behavioral Finance: Identifying and Capitalizing on Irrational Investment Practices


Program Session(s):
November 18, 2010 - November 19, 2010

Application Deadline: October 29, 2010

Program Fee: $4,000

Program fee includes: Luncheons, coffee, reception, dinner, and all program materials. It does not include hotel accommodations.

In cooperation with CFA Institute, Harvard Kennedy School Executive Education is pleased to offer an 8% discount on Investment Decisions and Behavioral Finance tuition to CFA members. The program is endorsed by CFA Institute and is approved for 15 continuing education credits. 

To be receive this discount, please complete the online registration form. In response to the “Who will be the financial sponsor of your participation?” question, type “CFA member”.
Faculty Chair(s):
Richard Zeckhauser

 

Nicholas Barberis
Stephen & Camille Schramm Professor of Finance, Yale School of Management, Yale University
Nicholas Barberis’ research focuses on behavioral finance and in particular, on applications of cognitive psychology to ...go to full profile

 

Max H. Bazerman is the Jesse Isidor Straus Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. Centering his research on decision making, ethics,

and negotiation, he has authored, coauthored, or coedited more than ...go to full profile

 

Iris Bohnet, Professor of Public Policy and Director of the Women and Public Policy Program, teaches decision-making and negotiation in both degree and executive programs. She is an associate director of the Laboratory for Decision Science, ...go to full profile

 

Mark Kritzman
President and CEO, Windham Capital Management, LLC

Kritzman is President and CEO of Windham Capital Management, LLC and the Chairman of Windham’s investment committee. He is responsible ...go to full profile

 

David Laibson
Professor of Economics, Harvard University
David Laibson is a member of the Russell Sage Behavioral Economics Roundtable, the MacArthur Foundation Preferences Network, and the National Bureau of Economic Research. His ...go to full profile

 

Andrew Lo
Harris & Harris Group Professor of Finance, MIT Sloan School of Management
Professor Lo has published numerous articles in finance and economics journals, and is a co-author of The Econometrics of Financial Markets and ...go to full profile

 

Michael Mauboussin
Chief Investment Strategist, Legg Mason Capital Management and Adjunct Professor, Columbia Business School
Michael Mauboussin is the author of More Than You Know: Finding Financial ...go to full profile

 

Scott F. Powers
President and CEO, State Street Global Advisors

Scott Powers is President and Chief Executive Officer of State Street Global Advisors (SSgA), the investment management arm of State Street ...go to full profile

 

Verne O. Sedlacek
President and Chief Executive Officer, Commonfund
Prior to Commonfund, Sedlacek was President and COO of John W. Henry & Company, Inc., President and Director of Westport Capital ...go to full profile

 

Arnold S. Wood
Founding Partner, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Martingale Asset Management, L.P. 
Prior to Martingale, Mr. Wood was a Trustee and Senior Vice President of Batterymarch ...go to full profile

 

Richard Zeckhauser is the Frank Plumpton Ramsey Professor of Political Economy. His policy investigations explore ways to promote the health of human beings, to help markets work more effectively, and to foster informed and appropriate choices ...go to full profile

 


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