Private traders and the role of emotions
Team:
Assistant Professor Emelie Fröberg, Center for Economic Statistics, SSE Associate Professor Patric Andersson, Center for Economic Psychology, SSE
PhD candidate Martin Berlin, Swedish Institute for Social Research, Stockholm University Period:
2016-2019 Funded by:
Handelsbanken Research Foundations, Grant No. P2016-0164:1, 1 million SEK Summary:
The project aims to explore the role of emotions in decision-making and performance among private active traders (i.e. people that make investment decisions frequently and with their private capital). Methods are experience sampling, surveys, transaction data and market data on an individual level.