| Inefficient Markets: An Introduction to Behavioral Finance Contributor(s): Shleifer, Andrei (Author) |
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ISBN: 0198292279 ISBN-13: 9780198292272 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $55.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2000 Annotation: The efficient markets hypothesis has been the central proposition in finance for nearly thirty years. It states that securities prices in financial markets must equal fundamental values, either because all investors are rational or because arbitrage eliminates pricing anomalies. This book describes an alternative approach to the study of financial markets: behavioral finance. This approach starts with an observation that the assumptions of investor rationality and perfect arbitrage are overwhelmingly contradicted by both psychological and institutional evidence. In actual financial markets, less than fully rational investors trade against arbitrageurs whose resources are limited by risk aversion, short horizons, and agency problems. The book presents models of such markets. These models explain the available financial data more accurately than the efficient markets hypothesis, and generate new predictions about security prices. By summarizing and expanding the research in behavioral finance, the book builds a new theoretical and empirical foundation for the economic analysis of real-world markets. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Investments & Securities - General - Business & Economics | Finance - General - Business & Economics | Economics - Theory |
| Dewey: 332.6 |
| LCCN: 99057647 |
| Series: Clarendon Lectures in Economics (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.49" W x 8.5" (0.59 lbs) 224 pages |
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| Publisher Description: The efficient markets hypothesis has been the central proposition in finance for nearly thirty years. It states that securities prices in financial markets must equal fundamental values, either because all investors are rational or because arbitrage eliminates pricing anomalies. This book describes an alternative approach to the study of financial markets: behavioral finance. This approach starts with an observation that the assumptions of investor rationality and perfect arbitrage are overwhelmingly contradicted by both psychological and institutional evidence. In actual financial markets, less than fully rational investors trade against arbitrageurs whose resources are limited by risk aversion, short horizons, and agency problems. The book presents models of such markets. These models explain the available financial data more accurately than the efficient markets hypothesis, and generate new predictions about security prices. By summarizing and expanding the research in behavioral finance, the book builds a new theoretical and empirical foundation for the economic analysis of real-world markets. |