Research in Behavioral Finance

Dear Colleagues,

Behavioral finance has significantly advanced our understanding of financial markets by incorporating insights from psychology, neuroscience, and sociology into traditional economic models. While classical finance assumes that investors are rational and markets are efficient, a growing body of evidence suggests that investor behavior is often influenced by cognitive biases, emotions, and social interactions. These behavioral factors can lead to systematic deviations from rational decision-making and contribute to various market anomalies.

This Special Issue aims to provide a platform for new research that deepens our understanding of behavioral mechanisms in financial decision-making and market outcomes. We welcome both theoretical and empirical contributions that explore how behavioral biases affect investors, financial intermediaries, and market dynamics. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to) behavioral asset pricing, investor sentiment, institutional investor behavior, behavioral biases in portfolio management, neurofinance, and the interaction between behavioral factors and financial regulation.

The objective of this Special Issue is to bring together cutting-edge research from scholars across finance, economics, psychology, and related disciplines. By integrating interdisciplinary perspectives, we seek to advance the frontier of behavioral finance and provide insights with implications for academics, practitioners, and policymakers.

We would like to invite researchers to submit original research articles and review papers that contribute to the evolving field of behavioral finance.

Dr. Yan Lu
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-anonymized peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. International Journal of Financial Studies is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

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