Princeton University Press (October 11, 2004) | ISBN-10: 0691121389 | ISBN-13: 978-0691121383 | 120 Pages | PDF
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Book Description
Neoclassical
Finance provides a concise and powerful account of the underlying
principles of modern finance, drawing on a generation of theoretical and
empirical advances in the field. Stephen Ross developed the no
arbitrage principle, tying asset pricing to the simple proposition that
there are no free lunches in financial markets, and jointly with John
Cox he developed the related concept of risk-neutral pricing. In this
book Ross makes a strong case that these concepts are the fundamental
pillars of modern finance and, in particular, of market efficiency. In
an efficient market prices reflect the information possessed by the
market and, as a consequence, trading schemes using commonly available
information to beat the market are doomed to fail.
By stark contrast,
the currently popular stance offered by behavioral finance, fueled by a
number of apparent anomalies in the financial markets, regards market
prices as subject to the psychological whims of investors. But without
any appeal to psychology, Ross shows that neoclassical theory provides a
simple and rich explanation that resolves many of the anomalies on
which behavioral finance has been fixated.
Based on the inaugural
Princeton Lectures in Finance, sponsored by the Bendheim Center for
Finance of Princeton University, this elegant book represents a major
contribution to the ongoing debate on market efficiency, and serves as a
useful primer on the fundamentals of finance for both scholars and
practitioners.
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