The Fear Factor: What Happens When Fear Grips Wall Street

Read, Colin

ISBN 10: 0230228461 / ISBN 13: 9780230228467

Editore: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009

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• Titolo: The Fear Factor: What Happens When Fear Grips Wall Street
• Editore: Palgrave Macmillan
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0230228461
• ISBN 13: 9780230228467
• Rilegatura: Hardcover
• Condizione: Brand New
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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

Informazioni sull?autore

COLIN READ is Professor of Economics and Finance at SUNY College at Plattsburgh, and a columnist for the Plattsburgh New York Press Republican newspaper. He has taught economics and finance for 25 years. His recent books include Global Financial Meltdown: How We Can Avoid the Next Economic Crisis and International Taxation Handbook (edited with G. Gregoriou). He has written dozens of papers on market failure, volatility, and housing markets, writes a monthly column in a business trade journal, and appears monthly on a local PBS television show to discuss the regional and national economy.