Terrance Odean

 is the Willis H. Booth Professor of Banking and Finance at the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley. Odean originally studied creative writing at Carleton College, dropping out one semester shy of earning a degree. At age 37 he applied at UC Berkeley, and was admitted if he agreed to study statistics. Odean considered pursuing psychology for his doctorate, but Daniel Kahneman convinced him to get a Ph.D. in finance, studying investor behavior.

Papers
Odean received a 2000 Graham & Dodd Scroll award as coauthor of the paper, Too Many Cooks Spoil the Profits: Investment Club Performance.. Odean received a 1999 Roger F. Murray Prize for the paper, The Courage of Misguided Convictions: The Trading Behavior of Individual Investors. Both papers were coauthored with Odean's frequent collaborator, Brad Barber.

Odean is the author/coauthor of the following most cited works, listed from most to least cited.