Corporate Finance Explained | Behavioral Finance: How Psychology Shapes Financial Decisions

What happens when emotion and psychology creep into financial decisions? In this episode of Corporate Finance Explained on FinPod, we unpack the human side of finance through the lens of behavioral finance, exploring why even the most skilled professionals fall victim to biases like overconfidence, loss aversion, and anchoring. Real-world cases like HP’s Autonomy acquisition and Boeing’s 737 MAX rollout show how costly these blind spots can be. But it’s not just billion-dollar boardrooms; these same patterns appear in budgeting, forecasting, and decision-making across corporate finance roles. We explore how risk perception is shaped...