Which of the Following Is Correct Concerning Stock Market Irrationality

question 13

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is correct concerning stock market irrationality?

• A)Bubbles could arise,in part,because the price that people pay for stock depends on what they think someone else will pay for it in the future.
• B)Economists almost all agree that the evidence for stock market irrationality is convincing and the departures from rational pricing are important.
• C)Some evidence for the existence of market irrationality is that informed and presumably rational managers of mutual funds generally beat the market.
• D)All of the above are correct.

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Definitions:

Inverse Demand Function

A mathematical function that expresses price as a function of quantity demanded, depicting how the market price of a good will adjust to balance demand with supply.

Inverse Supply

A concept describing the relationship between the price of a good and the quantity supplied, typically showing that as price decreases, the quantity supplied decreases.

Pareto Optimal

A state of allocation of resources from which it is impossible to reallocate so as to make any one individual or preference criterion better off without making at least one individual or preference criterion worse off.

Supply Curve

A graphical representation showing the relationship between the price of a good and the quantity of the good that suppliers are willing to sell.