A flaw in the model ... that defines how the world works / Volker Bieta, Hellmuth Milde, and Nadine Weber.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bieta, Volker, author.

Milde, Hellmuth, author.

Weber, Nadine, author.

Series:

Policy research working papers ; Volume 5498.

Policy research working papers ; Volume 5498

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Financial instruments.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (15 pages).

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : World Bank, [2010]

Summary:

The authors of this paper claim that modeling financial markets based on probability theory is a severe systematic mistake that led to the global financial crisis. They argue that the crisis was not just the result of risk managers using outdated financial data, but that the employed efficiency model-also referred to as the stochastic model-is basically flawed. In an exemplary way, the analysis proves that this model is unable to account for interactions between market participants, neglects strategic interdependences, and hence leads to erroneous solutions. The central message is that the existing efficiency model should be replaced by an approach using agent-based scenario analysis.

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Publisher Number:

10.1596/1813-9450-5498