Asset Mispricing Due to Cognitive Dissonance /

The behavior of equity prices is analyzed in a general equilibrium model where agents have preferences not only over consumption but also (implicitly) over their beliefs. To alleviate cognitive dissonance, investors endogenously choose to ignore information that conflicts too much with their ex ante...

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主要作者: Eckwert, Bernhard
其他作者: Drees, Burkhard
格式: 雜誌
語言:English
出版: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2005.
叢編:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2005/009
在線閱讀:Full text available on IMF
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