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47
Citations
9638
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1591
National Ranking
175

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2010 - Fellows of the Econometric Society

Overview

Peter Bossaerts is affiliated with the University of Melbourne in Australia. Their research is primarily situated within the fields of Economics, Econometrics and Finance, contributing to a wide range of related subfields including Economics and Econometrics, Cognitive Neuroscience, Finance, Management Science and Operations Research, and Artificial Intelligence.

The scientist's work addresses multiple main topics such as Economic theories and models, Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies, Complex Systems and Time Series Analysis, Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies, Auction Theory and Applications, Financial Markets and Investment Strategies, and Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Peter Bossaerts include:

  • "Separating Probability and Reversal Learning in a Novel Probabilistic Reversal Learning Task for Mice," 2020, Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
  • "Not so smart? 'Smart' drugs increase the level but decrease the quality of cognitive effort," 2023, Science Advances
  • "Generic properties of a computational task predict human effort and performance," 2021, Journal of Mathematical Psychology
  • "How Neurobiology Elucidates the Role of Emotions in Financial Decision-Making," 2021, Frontiers in Psychology
  • "Epilepsy and Ecstatic Experiences: The Role of the Insula," 2021, Brain Sciences

Frequent co-authors in their work include:

  • Nitin Yadav
  • Carsten Murawski
  • Felix Fattinger
  • Kristian Rotaru
  • Elena Asparouhova

Peter Bossaerts publishes regularly in several academic venues, with the most frequent including:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Scientific Reports
  • Management Science
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Research Square (Research Square)

Among the distinctions received, they were named a Fellow of the Econometric Society in 2010.

Best Publications

  • Neural Differentiation of Expected Reward and Risk in Human Subcortical Structures

    Kerstin Preuschoff;Peter Bossaerts;Steven R. Quartz

  • Implementing Statistical Criteria to Select Return Forecasting Models: What Do We Learn?

    Peter Bossaerts;Pierre Hillion

  • Neural correlates of value, risk, and risk aversion contributing to decision making under risk.

    George I. Christopoulos;Philippe N. Tobler;Peter Bossaerts;Raymond J. Dolan

  • Ambiguity in Asset Markets: Theory and Experiment

    Peter Bossaerts;Paolo Ghirardato;Serena Guarnaschelli;William R. Zame

  • The Neural Representation of Unexpected Uncertainty during Value-Based Decision Making

    Elise Payzan-LeNestour;Simon Dunne;Simon Dunne;Peter Bossaerts;John P. O’Doherty;John P. O’Doherty

  • Neural antecedents of financial decisions

    Brian Knutson;Peter Bossaerts

  • Using Neural Data to Test A Theory of Investor Behavior: An Application to Realization Utility.

    Cary Frydman;Nicholas Barberis;Colin Camerer;Peter Bossaerts

  • Explicit neural signals reflecting reward uncertainty

    Wolfram Schultz;Kerstin Preuschoff;Colin Camerer;Ming Hsu

  • An optimal IPO mechanism

    Bruno Biais;Peter Bossaerts;Jean-Charles Rochet

  • Risk, Unexpected Uncertainty, and Estimation Uncertainty: Bayesian Learning in Unstable Settings

    Elise Payzan-LeNestour;Peter Bossaerts;Peter Bossaerts

  • Encoding of Marginal Utility across Time in the Human Brain

    A. Pine;B. Seymour;J. P. Roiser;P. Bossaerts;P. Bossaerts

  • Computational Complexity and Human Decision-Making

    Peter Bossaerts;Peter Bossaerts;Carsten Murawski

  • Basic Principles of Asset Pricing Theory: Evidence from Large-Scale Experimental Financial Markets

    Peter Bossaerts;Charles R. Plott

  • Common Nonstationary Components of Asset Prices

    Peter Bossaerts

  • Risk and risk prediction error signals in anterior insula

    Peter Bossaerts;Peter Bossaerts

  • Equilibrium Asset Pricing and Portfolio Choice Under Asymmetric Information

    Bruno Biais;Peter Bossaerts;Chester Spatt

  • Adding Prediction Risk to the Theory of Reward Learning

    Kerstin Preuschoff;Peter Bossaerts

  • MAOA-L carriers are better at making optimal financial decisions under risk

    Cary Frydman;Colin F. Camerer;Peter Bossaerts;Peter Bossaerts;Antonio Rangel

  • Exploring the Nature of “Trader Intuition”

    Antoine J. Bruguier;Steven R. Quartz;Peter Bossaerts

  • In the Mind of the Market: Theory of Mind Biases Value Computation during Financial Bubbles

    Benedetto De Martino;Benedetto De Martino;John P. O’Doherty;Debajyoti Ray;Peter Bossaerts;Peter Bossaerts

Frequent Co-Authors

William R. Zame
William R. Zame University of California, Los Angeles
John P. O'Doherty
John P. O'Doherty California Institute of Technology
Charles R. Plott
Charles R. Plott California Institute of Technology
Colin F. Camerer
Colin F. Camerer California Institute of Technology
Bruno Biais
Bruno Biais Hautes Etudes Commerciales de Paris
Chester S. Spatt
Chester S. Spatt Carnegie Mellon University
Raymond J. Dolan
Raymond J. Dolan University College London
John O. Ledyard
John O. Ledyard California Institute of Technology
Wolfram Schultz
Wolfram Schultz University of Cambridge
Antonio Rangel
Antonio Rangel California Institute of Technology

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