From individualism to the individual : ideology and inquiry in financial economics / edited by George M. Frankfurter and Elton G. McGoun.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Frankfurter, George M.

McGoun, Elton George, 1950-

Series:

Alternative voices in contemporary economics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Finance.

Physical Description:

ix, 499 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Aldershot ; Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate, [2002]

Contents:

Section I Ideology and the Profession

2 The Ideology of Finance

Part I "Ideology and the Theory of Financial Economics" / George M. Frankfurter, Elton G. McGoun 9

3 The Ideology of Finance

Part II "From Unrealistic Assumptions to Realistic Theories?: Positive Financial Economics as a Catch-22" / George M. Frankfurter, Elton G. McGoun 33

4 Justification "Propaganda, Accounting and Finance: An Exploration" / David J. Collison 54

5 Dissemination "Reciting the Kama Sutra in the Lotus Position Under a Sacred Fig Tree: The Making of Financial Economics / George M. Frankfurter, Elton G. McGoun 80

6 Preservation

Part I "Market Efficiency or Behavioral Finance: The Nature of the Debate" / George M. Frankfurter, Elton G. McGoun 98

Section II Ideology and Inquiry

7 Preservation

Part II "The Role of Anomalies in Finance: What are they and what are they good for?" / George M. Frankfurter, Elton G. McGoun 123

8 Language "Signaling and Semiotics: A Search for Meaning" / George M. Frankfurter, Elton G. McGoun 150

9 Discourse

Part I "Scientific Conversation in Financial Economics" / Sara Ann Reiter, Paul F. Williams 173

10 Discourse

Part II 202

11 Discourse

Part III "Market Efficiency or Behavioral Finance? Review" / Ernest Welker 246

12 Status "Machomatics in Egonomics" / Elton G. McGoun 252

Section III Finance and Society

13 Financial Markets

Part I "Hyperreal Finance" / Elton G. McGoun 275

14 Financial Markets

Part II "A Sociological Explanation of Financial Market Growth" / Douglas E. Allen, Elton G. McGoun, George W. Kester 306

15 Finance and Fashion "Fashion and Finance" / Elton G. McGoun 319

16 Finance and Consumption "Hedonic Investment" / Douglas E. Allen, Elton G. McGoun 336

17 Dividends and Society

Part I "Dividends and Society" / Elton G. McGoun 365

18 Dividends and Society

Part II "The Rationality of Dividends" / George M. Frankfurter, William R. Lane 379

19 Dividends and Society

Part III "What is the Puzzle in 'The Dividend Puzzle'?" / George M. Frankfurter 398

Section IV Finance and the Individual

20 Behavioral Finance

Part I "Resistance is Futile: The Assimilation of Behavioral Finance" / George M. Frankfurter, Elton G. McGoun 415

21 Behavioral Finance

Part II "Beyond Behavioral Finance" / Elton G. McGoun, Tatjana Skubic 435

22 Risk Behavior and Finance "Taking Practical Views of Risk-Taking" / George M. Frankfurter, Elton G. McGoun, Kevin Chiang 456

23 Finance and Imagery "Individuals, Images and Investments" / Tatjana Skubic, Elton G. McGoun 477.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0754613933

OCLC:

48110631