The Global Financial Crisis and the Efficient Market Hypothesis: What Have We Learned?
The Global Financial Crisis and the Efficient Market Hypothesis: What Have We Learned? ArXiv ID: ssrn-1502815 “View on arXiv” Authors: Unknown Abstract The sharp economic downturn and turmoil in the financial markets, commonly referred to as the “global financial crisis,” has spawned an impressive outpouring of Keywords: Global Financial Crisis, Systemic Risk, Liquidity Crises, Contagion, Banking Regulation, Macro/Commodities Complexity vs Empirical Score Math Complexity: 1.5/10 Empirical Rigor: 0.5/10 Quadrant: Philosophers Why: The paper is a theoretical commentary on the Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH) in the context of the Global Financial Crisis, discussing economic theory and historical anecdotes without mathematical proofs or empirical backtesting. flowchart TD A["Research Question: Does the GFC challenge the EMH?"] --> B["Method: Comparative Analysis"] B --> C["Data: Pre-crisis vs. Crisis Periods"] C --> D["Computational Process: Event Studies & Volatility Analysis"] D --> E["Key Findings"] E --> F["Market Inefficiency: Asset prices deviated from fundamentals"] E --> G["Systemic Risk: Contagion effects proved significant"] E --> H["Policy Implications: Enhanced banking regulation required"]