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Rational human behaviour for corporate survival: Black Monday Review

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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.

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  • Molintas, Dominique Trual, 2019. "Rational human behaviour for corporate survival: Black Monday Review," MPRA Paper 100329, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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    Keywords

    Black Monday. Economic Futures; Stock Market; Corporate Social Responsibility; Financial vehicles; Behavioural Anomaly;
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    JEL classification:

    • A13 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Relation of Economics to Social Values
    • D03 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Behavioral Microeconomics: Underlying Principles
    • G13 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Contingent Pricing; Futures Pricing
    • H12 - Public Economics - - Structure and Scope of Government - - - Crisis Management
    • H3 - Public Economics - - Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents
    • M14 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Corporate Culture; Diversity; Social Responsibility
    • P37 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions - - - Legal

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