Behavioral and Social Finance & Accounting
Mission Statement
The “behavioral” paradigm has been pervading the different facets of research in the fields of economics and business studies for many years. What all research projects have in common is the analysis of biased economic decisions that lead to a deviation from rational behaviour. For this purpose, researchers revert to results from psychology that offer valuable findings for the measurement and origin of perceptions mistakes. However, besides sentimental perceptions and individual emotions, broader societal trends have an impact on decision-making as well. Moral concepts, culture, language, religion, and ideologies evolve in larger groups of people and influence their decisions. Even (social) networks can initiate and carry on sentiments within groups and can thus be relevant decision-making factors.
Based on the existing research studies the section “Behavioral and Social Finance & Accounting” analyses relevant issues in the field of Finance & Accounting via behavioral research methods and amplifies them by findings regarding the evolving “social” paradigm. This novel focus of research methods on behavioural and social paradigms requires and promotes close collective research between scientists of economics and business studies, sociology and psychology. Therefore, the section jointly composes of researchers of economics and business studies as well as of sociology.
The GGS section “Behavioral and Social Finance & Accounting” pools its research activities in regular brown bag lecture series and offers an own working paper series as outlet for research papers.
BFGA Conference
The Behavioral and Social Finance & Accounting Research Section will host the fourth Behavioral Research in Finance, Governance and Accounting Conference on November 10-11, 2022. More information on previous conferences can be found via Past BFGA Conferences.
BSFA Working Paper Series
The research section "Behavioral and Social Finance & Accounting" launches a new digital working paper series that presents the current research of the participating professorships and associated researchers.
For questions regarding publications, please contact the corresponding author or the section heads.
Current Events
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15. - 16. June 2023 in Gießen |
EXRIMA Conference The Experimental Research in Management Accounting (EXRIMA) Conference aims at bringing together experimental researchers in the field of management accounting from all over the world. |
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24. May 2023 in Gießen |
Colloquium for Doctoral Students |
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12. May and 13. - 16. June 2023 digital und in Gießen |
Summer School on Experimental Research in Management Accounting The purpose of this program is to extend doctoral students’ and young post‐doctoral researchers’ competencies in the field of experimental research in management accounting. More in the Call for Applications. |
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30. January 2023 digital |
General Meeting of the GGS research section "Behavioral and Social Finance & Accounting" |
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30. November 2022 in Gießen |
Colloquium for Doctoral Students |
| 10-11. November 2022 |
4th Conference on Behavioral Research in Finance, Governance, and Accounting Information and program here |
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04.-06. Oktober 2022 in Gießen |
Eighth Meeting of the German Network for New Economic Dynamics (GENED) Preregistration and Program via GENED - Activities |
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01. September 2022 digital |
General Meeting of the GGS research section "Behavioral and Social Finance & Accounting" |
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21. - 24. June 2022 in Bochum |
Experimental Research in Management Accounting (EXRIMA) Summer School and Conference Conference report: here |
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31. March 2022 digital |
Colloquium for Doctoral Students |
| 9. December 2021 | General Meeting of the GGS research section "Behavioral and Social Finance & Accounting" |
| 4. - 5. November 2021 |
3rd Conference on Behavioral Research in Finance, Governance, and Accounting Call for Papers: [Link] |