The Fear Factor
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The Fear Factor

What Happens When Fear Grips Wall Street

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eBook - PDF

The Fear Factor

What Happens When Fear Grips Wall Street

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A fascinating discussion of the role played by fear in financial market panics. Professor Read demonstrates, in easy-to-understand terms, that rising market fear portends to major financial declines. He explains the science and the economics of fear and shows that the financial market has learned how to capitalize on investor or economic fear

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Year
2009
ISBN
9780230250864

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-Title
  3. Series
  4. Title
  5. Copyright
  6. Dedication
  7. Contents
  8. List of Figures
  9. Preface
  10. About the Author
  11. Introduction
  12. Part I: The Nature of Risk
  13. Part II: The Supply and Demand of Loanable Funds
  14. Part III: Measurement of Risk
  15. Part IV: The Problems with Risk
  16. Part V: Risk and the Market
  17. Part VI: A History of Panics
  18. Part VII: Coordination Failures
  19. Part VIII: Social Responsibility as an Antidote to Fear
  20. Part IX: Institutions That Ameliorate or Amplify Fear
  21. Part X: Solutions to an Economic Quagmire
  22. Conclusions
  23. Notes
  24. Glossary
  25. Index