The Journal of Finance · 1991 · 5.2K citations · 177 references
Social SciencesBusiness EconomicsEconomicsAsset PricingFinancial EconomicsInformation TheoryAsymmetric InformationInformation AsymmetryInformation Asymmetry In MarketsInformation EconomicsMarket EfficiencyValue Of InformationEfficiency With Incomplete InformationFinancial Market EfficiencyInformational Efficiency
SEQUELSARE RARELY AS good as the originals, so I approach this review of the market efficiency literature with trepidation. The task is thornier than it was 20 years ago, when work on efficiency was rather new. The literature is now so large that a full review is impossible, and is not attempted here. Instead, I discuss the work that I find most interesting, and I offer my views on what we have learned from the research on market efficiency.
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