From dissonance to resonance: Cognitive interdependence in quantitative finance

Economy and Society

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 383-417

  Beunza, Daniel ^a   Stark, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

arbitrage; cognitive interdependence; financial models; performativity; quantitative finance; risk

Indexed keywords

BANKING; CAPITAL FLOW; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FINANCIAL MARKET; MODEL TEST; MODEL VALIDATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STOCK MARKET;

EID: 84864999494     PISSN: 03085147     EISSN: 14695766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03085147.2011.638155     Document Type: Article

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