Rational human behaviour for corporate survival: Black Monday Review

Molintas, Dominique Trual (2019): Rational human behaviour for corporate survival: Black Monday Review.

Abstract

A story of mass ignorance inculcating a powerful lesson on the significance of information transparency in a trading economics; insofar technology can make markets less transparent, the crucial role of free press stand out.

This critique on the Black Monday phenomenon pronounces behavioural anomaly in economics as a result of rational human behaviour for corporate survival. Three dimensions are reviewed: Policy and political undertones, highfaluting financial vehicles as well as technology and social responsibility.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Black Monday. Economic Futures, Stock Market, Corporate Social Responsibility, Financial vehicles, Behavioural Anomaly
• Subjects: A - General Economics and Teaching > A1 - General Economics > A13 - Relation of Economics to Social Values; D - Microeconomics > D0 - General > D03 - Behavioral Microeconomics: Underlying Principles; G - Financial Economics > G1 - General Financial Markets > G13 - Contingent Pricing ; Futures Pricing; H - Public Economics > H1 - Structure and Scope of Government > H12 - Crisis Management; H - Public Economics > H3 - Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents; M - Business Administration and Business Economics ; Marketing ; Accounting ; Personnel Economics > M1 - Business Administration > M14 - Corporate Culture ; Diversity ; Social Responsibility; P - Economic Systems > P3 - Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions > P37 - Legal Institutions ; Illegal Behavior

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