Macro BF Book List
The books below generally focus on the impact of behavior on markets or economies. They are listed in the order they were published, beginning with the most recent. We also include our judgment on the intended audience to help you find a book suited to your needs. Clicking the title will take you to the page on Amazon.com for that book.
Adaptive Markets: Financial Evolution at The Speed Of Thought
Andrew Lo
2017
Individual Investors & Traders
Behavioral Corporate Finance:Concepts and cases for teaching behavioral finance
2017
Hersh Shefrin
Academic
A Random walk down wall street
Burton G. Malkiel
2016
Individual Investors and Traders
Irrational Exuberance
Robert Shiller
2015
General
Manias, Panics, and Crashes: A History of Financial Crises
2013
Aliber and Kindleberger
General
morals and Markets: The dangerous Balance
Friedman and McNeill
2013
Academic
behavioral finance and capital markets
Adam Szyszka
2013
Academic/Financial Professional
Behavioral Finance: Understanding the Social, Cognitive, and Economic Debates
Burton and Shah
2013
Academic/Financial Professional
The Crisis of Crowding
Ludwig Chincarini
2012
General/Academic
Behavioral Economics for dummies
Morris Altman
2012
General
An introduction to Behavioral Economics
Wilkinson and Klaes
2012
Academic
Behavioral Finance and wealth Management
Michael Pompian
2011
Financial Professional/Academic
Priceless: The myth of fair value (and how to take advantage of it)
William Poundstone
2011
General/Financial Professional
The Myth of the Rational Market: A History of Risk, Reward, and Delusion on Wall Street
Justin Fox
2011
Academic/Financial Professional
Behavioral Finance: Investors, Corporations, and Markets
Baker and Nofsinger
2010
Academic
Panic: The story of modern financial insanity
Michael Lewis
2009
General
Behavioral Finance: Psychology, Decision-making, and Markets
Ackert and Deaves
2009
Academic
A Demon of our own Design: Markets, hedge funds, and the perils of financial innovation
Richard Bookstaber
2008
Financial Industry Professionals/Academic
Mean Markets and Lizard Brains: How to Profit from the New Science of Irrationality
Terry Burnham
2005
General
Morals and Markets: An Evolutionary Account of the Modern World
Daniel Friedman
2008
General/Academic
Moral Markets: The Critical Role of Values in The Economy
Paul Zak
2008
General
Beyond Greed and Fear: Understanding behavioral finance and the psychology of investing
Hersh Shefrin
2007
General
Moral Sentiments and Material Interests: The foundations of cooperation in economic life
Gintis, Bowles, Boyd, and Fehr
2006
Academic
The (MIs)Behavior of Markets: A Fractal View of Financial Turbulence
Mandelbrot and Hudson
2006
Academic/General
Beyond the Random Walk: A guide to Stock Market Anomalies and Low-Risk Investing
Vijay Singal
2006
Financial Professionals
Almanac Investor: Profit from market history and seasonal trends
Hirsch and Brown
2005
Individual Investors & Traders/Financial Professionals
Advances in behavioral finance Vol. II
Richard Thaler
2005
Academic
Advances in Behavioral Economics
Camerer, Lowenstein, and Rabin
2003
Academic
Behavioral Finance: Insights into irrational minds and markets
James Montier
2002
Academic/Financial Professional
A non-Random Walk Down Wall Street
Lo and MacKinlay
1999
Academic/Financial Professionals
The New Finance: The Case Against Efficient Markets
Robert Haugen
1995
Academic
A short history of Financial Euphoria
John Galbraith
1994
Academic
Advances in Behavioral Finance vol. I
Richard Thaler
1993
Academic
The Theory Of Moral Sentiments
Adam Smith (Edited by Raphael and Macfie)
1982
General/Academic