Corrado Giulietti, Mirco Tonin and Michael Vlassopoulos
When the Market Drives You Crazy
Stock Market Returns and Fatal Car Accidents
CESifo Group Munich, 2018
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Stock market declines are a road hazard, like drunk driving and texting behind the wheel.
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According to the US National Safety Council, more than 40,000 Americans died as a result of vehicular accidents in 2017, largely due to drunk, distracted or unbuckled drivers. However, a seemingly obscure rationale could also factor into these casualties. Economists Corrado Giulietti, Mirco Tonin and Michael Vlassopoulos investigate a curious uptick in motor vehicle fatalities following declines in daily equity returns. Investors will find this academic report a fascinating examination of the role of emotion in stock markets.
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About the Authors
Corrado Giulietti and Michael Vlassopoulos are economists at the University of Southampton in England. Mirco Tonin is an economics professor at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano in Italy.
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