Chameleons: The Misuse of Theoretical Models in Finance and Economics
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- 1 January 2014
- preprint
- Published by Elsevier in SSRN Electronic Journal
Abstract
In this essay I discuss how theoretical models in finance and economics are used in ways that make them “chameleons” and how chameleons devalue the intellectualKeywords
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