Discussion of at least five existing research papers in the area of behavioral finance.

Discussion of at least five existing research papers in the area of behavioral finance.

Purpose and Content of Paper: The purpose of this paper is to review existing research on behavioral finance and summarize the researchers’ results. Your summary should include: 1) a listing and brief discussion of at least five existing research papers in the area of behavioral finance. Doing a more thorough job by listing and discussing more papers will increase your grade.; 2) The discussion should include the justification for each paper, the data used, the methodology used and conclusions; 3) There should also be a summary and analysis of contributions from all papers reviewed and your conclusions concerning where research on behavioral finance is and where researchers think it will go.; and 4) Your opinion/answers to the following questions: • How does behavioral finance impact efficient markets theories? Can markets be efficient if investors aren’t always rational? • As a young investor who is planning his/her retirement investments now, how should behavioral finance theories influence what you plan to do?