Economic Rockstar

Victor Ricciardi is Finance Professor at Goucher College, Baltimore, Maryland where he teaches courses in personal financial planning, corporate finance, investments, behavioral finance, and the psychology of money. Victor is the Coordinator of Behavioral & Experimental Research for the Social Science Research Network also known as SSRN. Victor is the current Editor for seven SSRN eJournals including Behavioral & Experimental Finance, History of Finance, and Behavioral & Experimental Economics. He received his PhD from Golden Gate University and his MBA from St. John's University. Victor’s current book Investor Behavior: The Psychology of Financial Planning and Investing with co-editor Kent Baker is now available and has 30 chapters on emerging research in behavioral finance. In this episode, you will learn: the difference between Behavioral Economics and Behavioral Finance. the rational approach to investing and whether it exists. what bounded rationality really means. if companies help yo