Bubble Investors: What Were They Thinking?
Year: 2006
Type: preprint
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: : A variety of models have been proposed to explain the rise and fall of stocks prices in the U.S. around the turn of the millennium. Many models focus on behavioral explanations in which and investor beliefs about their own capabilities and the efficiency of market prices play a role. In this paper we provide empirical evidence on these beliefs. We surveyed a large sample of investors who bought stock in a telecommunications company at least once in the 1999-2000 period. We solicited their views on the efficiency of the stock market, and the basis for their personal trading decisions. A significant fraction appear to hold beliefs inconsistent with various implications of the efficient market hypothesis. Their motives for trade are based upon a belief in the value of
Authors: Ravi Dhar, William N. Goetzmann
Institutions: Yale University, National Bureau of Economic Research
Language: English
Subfield: Finance
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1796080638