Terrance Odean (born c. 1952) is the Rudd Family Foundation Professor and Chair of the Finance Group at the Haas School of Business,

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. He is known for his work on behavioral finance. After dropping out of

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a half-year short of earning a creative writing degree, Odean applied to return to school at UC, Berkeley at the age of 37. Odean considered studying psychology in grad school. However, Nobel economics laureate

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convinced him to pursue a Ph.D. in finance instead. He lives with his wife in Berkeley, California, and has three daughters.

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