Social Choice Theory – Explained

by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Management, Leadership, & Organizational Behavior

What is Social Choice Theory?Social choice theory analyzes individual interests, opinions, and preferences and how they affect collective outputs and decisions. More specifically, this theory is a combination of economic models derived from the aggregation of...

Federal Direct Loan Program – Explained

by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Banking, Lending, and Credit Industry

Update Table of Contents What is the Federal Direct Loan Program?How Does the Federal Direct Loan Program Work? What is the Federal Direct Loan Program?The Federal Direct Loan Program is a loan structure created and funded by the Department of Education in the United...

Frame Dependence – Explained

by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Management, Leadership, & Organizational Behavior

What is a Frame?Frames are abstract notions that serve to organize or structure social meanings. Frames influence the perception of the news by the audience. This form of agenda-setting not only tells what to think about an issue, but also how to think about that...

Fractal Markets Hypothesis – Explained

by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Investments, Trading, and Financial Markets

What is the Fractal Markets Hypothesis?Fractal Markets Hypothesis (FMH) is an investment theory that serves as an alternative to the popular Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH). FPH differs from EMH in the sense that it predicts and explains market behavior by factoring...

Fixed Amortization Method (Retirement Accounts) – Explained

by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Business Finance, Personal Finance, and Valuation Principles

What is the Fixed Amortization Method?The fixed amortization method is a method in which an account balance is amortized over a period of years and is equal to the life expectancy as required by the IRS. Through the fixed amortization method, a retiree can have early...

Fisher Effect – Explained

by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Economic Analysis & Monetary Policy

What is the Fisher Effect?The Fisher effect, also known as the Fisher Hypothesis, is an economic theory which was proposed by an economist named Irving Fisher. The theory states that the real interest rate is independent of monetary measures, specifically the nominal...

Filter Rule – Explained

by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Investments, Trading, and Financial Markets

What is the Filter Rule?A filter rule refers to a trading strategy devised by technical analysts to guide the investment patterns of investors and help them make the most favorable investment decisions. A filter rule is a technical analysis rule that is set based on...

Organizational Economics – Explained

by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Management, Leadership, & Organizational Behavior

What is Organizational Economics?Organizational economics focuses on an individual firm and studies its operations, transactions, management decisions, policies, organizational structure, and plans. How does Organizational Economics Work? Organizational economics has...

Freudian Motivation Theory – Explained

by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Management, Leadership, & Organizational Behavior

What is Freudian Motivation Theory?Freudian motivation theory was developed by Sigmund Freud. This theory studies how unconscious desires motivate and shape the behaviors of individuals. That is, it studies how psychological forces that are unconscious influence the...

Frequency Distribution – Explained

by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Research, Quantitative Analysis, & Decision Science

What is a Frequency Distribution?A frequency distribution is a chart or list that presents the frequency of different outcomes in a given sample. The frequency distribution presents an overview of all the values or variables in a given sample that the frequency...