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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Auteur principal: Eckwert, Bernhard
Autres auteurs: Drees, Burkhard
Format: Revue
Langue:English
Publié: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2005.
Collection:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2005/009
Accès en ligne:Full text available on IMF