Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
Abstract
List of Figures
List of Tables pp. xi
1. Introduction pp. 1-16
1.1. Context Specific Strategy Usage
1.1.1. Context Dependency and Framing
1.1.2. Context Dependency and Domain Specificity
1.2. Changes in Strategies
1.2.1. Learning
1.2.2. Adaptation
1.3. Behavioural Finance
1.3.1. Hedonics of Spending Strategies
1.3.2. Mental Accounting and Self-Control in Saving Strategies
1.3.3. Risk and Incentives in Investing Strategies
1.4. Methods for Capturing Cognitive Processes
1.4.1. Experiments
1.4.2. Ratings
1.4.3. Real World Data
2. Spending Strategies pp. 17-38
2.1. Behavioural Evaluation
2.1.1. Spending Literature
2.1.2. Individual Spending Differences
2.1.3. Behavioural Analysis
2.2. Usage of Behavioural Data
2.2.1. Data Aggregation
2.2.2. Data Interpretation
2.2.3. Customer Understanding
2.2.4. Conclusion
3. Saving Strategies pp. 39-58
3.1. Saving Literature
3.1.1. Economic Model
3.1.2. Behavioural Aspects
3.1.3. Applied Cognition
3.2. Saving Concept (Study 1)
3.2.1. Method
3.2.2. Results
3.2.3. Discussion
3.3. Saving Differences (Study 2)
3.3.1. Method
3.3.2. Results
3.3.3. Discussion
3.4. Saving Solutions
3.4.1. Product Demands
3.4.2. Prototype Generation and Selection
4. Investment Strategies I pp. 59-80
4.1. Company Concept (Study 3)
4.1.1. Method
4.1.2. Results
4.1.3. Discussion
4.2. Company Evaluation (Study 4)
4.2.1. Method
4.2.2. Results
4.2.3. Discussion
4.3. Company Positioning (Study 5)
4.3.1. Method
4.3.2. Results
4.3.3. Discussion
4.4. Company Characteristics
4.4.1. Universality of Corporate Personality Dimensions
4.4.2. Stability and Usefulness of Corporate Personality Dimensions
5. Investment Strategies II pp. 81-128
5.1. Performance Prediction
5.1.1. Strategy Repertoire
5.1.2. Strategy Learning
5.1.3. Models for Strategy Selection
5.2. Company Selection in Different Environments (Study 6)
5.2.1. Method
5.2.2. Results
5.2.3. Discussion
5.3. Company Selection with Memory Costs (Study 7)
5.3.1. Method
5.3.2. Results
5.3.3. Discussion
5.4. Company Selection with Information Costs (Study 8)
5.4.1. Method
5.4.2. Results
5.4.3. Discussion
5.5. Process Modelling
5.5.1. Strategies for Inferences
5.5.2. Strategy Selection Learning
5.5.3. Predicting Inferences
5.5.4. Adaptive Strategy Selection
6. General Discussion pp. 129-136
6.1. Characterizing Mental Processes 129
6.1.1. Domain Specificity versus Universal Mechanisms 130
6.1.2. Learning and Intra-/Interindividual Variation 130
6.2. Financial Personality 131
6.2.1. Demand Variation 131
6.2.2. Tailored Products 132
6.3. Economic Evaluation 133
6.3.1. Gains and Losses 133
6.3.2. Future Perspectives 134
Acknowledgements pp. 137-138
References pp. 139-162
Appendix pp. 163
Appendix A: Derived Saving Structures
Appendix B: The 10 Saving Factor Descriptions
Appendix C: Individual RepGrid Results for the Concep
‘Company’
Index pp. 179-187
