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

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Cultural Finance: A World Map Of Risk, Time And Money is written by Thorsten Hens and published by World Scientific. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 9811221960 (ISBN 10) and 9789811221965 (ISBN 13).

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.