• DocumentCode
    1696462
  • Title

    A new approach to asset pricing with rational agents behaving strategically

  • Author

    Bretto, Alain ; Priolon, Joël

  • Author_Institution
    GREYC, Univ. de Caen, Caen, France
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    7
  • Abstract
    The volatility of stock prices is difficult to explain within the confines of rational pricing models. Changes in prices have become permanent; Therefore, as we keep the hypothesis of a rational behavior of agents, we must give a new explanation to the pricing of financial assets at any moment of time. In a model based on an original mathematical framework, we introduce persistent time-varying prices resulting from strategic interactions between rational agents. We demonstrate that in a close to equilibrium market, actual prices give the best approximation of the fundamental value; We also explain why, in some circumstances, rational behavior may lead to the development of a bubble or the surge of a financial crisis.
  • Keywords
    approximation theory; multi-agent systems; pricing; stock markets; equilibrium market; financial asset pricing; financial crisis; fundamental value approximation; rational agent behavior; rational pricing models; stock price volatility; time-varying prices; Biological system modeling; Computational modeling; Eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; Extraterrestrial measurements; Mathematical model; Vectors;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Computational Intelligence for Financial Engineering & Economics (CIFEr), 2012 IEEE Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    New York, NY
  • ISSN
    PENDING
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1802-0
  • Electronic_ISBN
    PENDING
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CIFEr.2012.6327773
  • Filename
    6327773