BASRA UNIVERSITY HOLDS A PANEL DISCUSSION ON THE ROLE OF THE PSYCHOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL FACTORS IN EXPLAINING THE CHANGES TAKING PLACE IN THE FINANCIAL MARKETS:

A seminar was discussed in the Department of Banking and Financial Sciences at the College of Administration and Economics at Basra University entitled ((The Role of Psychological and Social Factors in Explaining Changes in Financial Markets)) by Professor Dr. Hussein Jawad Kazem.                                    

Where the researcher indicated that the study of the psychological and social factors of investors and workers in the stock market gained remarkable interest after the year 2008 following the global financial crisis.  Kahneman and Tversky through their propositions within what is known as probability theory or expectancy theory, as this theory became the basis on which what is now known as behavioral money science.

Most of the department's lecturers attended the seminar.