Behavioral finance: a study based on the theory of the prospectus and investor profile of students of courses Stricto Sensu the big Florianópolis

• Autor(a) principal: Haubert, Fabricio Luis Colognese
• Data de Publicação: 2012
• Outros Autores: Lima, Marcus Vinicius Andrade De, Herling, Luiz Henrique Debei
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Eletrônica de Estratégia e Negócios
• Texto Completo: https://portaldeperiodicos.animaeducacao.com.br/index.php/EeN/article/view/935
• topic: Behavioral Finance; Investor Profile; Prospect Theory; Expected Utility Theory.; Finanças Comportamentais. Perfil do investidor. Teoria de Prospecto. Teoria da Utilidade Esperada.

Behavioral Finance is a new area of study that seeks to analyze the psychological aspects of individuals in making financial decisions. Studies in this area are intended to verify assumptions made by more traditional theories, in particular, the rationality of economic agents, and they aim to improve the economic and financial model through the incorporation of evidence on investor irrationality. In this context, the objective of this article is to understand the behavior of students of post-graduate studies as to its operations in investment based on behavioral finance. In order to learn about the behavioral profile of investors and prospective investors, a survey was conducted to collect quantitative data using a questionnaire comprising 15 questions for 94 students in the strict sense of Florianopolis metropolitan area. It was possible to identify the predominant conservative profile. It was observed that students showed risk aversion in the field of gains and risk propensity in the field of losses. So it is possible to say that the reflection effect occurred in this study.