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Professor Thorsten Hens is a German economist and finance academic. Ranked among the top 10 economics professors in the German speaking area, Hens is an expert in Behavioural Economics, Financial Economics, Evolutionary Economics, Fixed Income Markets and Advanced Portfolio Theory.
\nProfessor Thorsten Hens PhD is a global authority on the question of how investors make decisions and the influence of human psychology and biology have on the developments of capital markets. He is also one of the leading European scientists in the field of Behavioral Finance and Evolutionary Finance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Professor Thorsten Hens is a German economist and finance academic. Ranked among the top 10 economics professors in the German speaking area, Hens is an […]
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