Imperfect Financial Markets and Investment Inefficiencies
This study looks at how noisy information affects investment decisions. It finds that in imperfect markets, people tend to invest too much in things that could bring big gains and not enough in things that might lead to losses. This happens even more when it’s easy to make bigger investments. However, when we look at the whole market, the actions of many shareholders trying to make their companies more valuable can create a ripple effect through prices. This effect makes investment problems worse for potential losses but helps balance things out for potential gains.
