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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Autor principal: Eckwert, Bernhard
Otros Autores: Drees, Burkhard
Formato: Revista
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2005.
Colección:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2005/009
Acceso en línea:Full text available on IMF