La valeur économique comme fait social : la preuve par les évaluations boursières

In The Empire of value (MIT Press, 2014), following Durkheim, economic value is understood as a specific power coming from the collective affective investment of the group. In this article, we analyze the financial valuation according to this perspective. Following this conception, the driving force...

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Main Author: André Orléan
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Language:English
Published: Association Recherche & Régulation 2015-12-01
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/regulation/11441
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description In The Empire of value (MIT Press, 2014), following Durkheim, economic value is understood as a specific power coming from the collective affective investment of the group. In this article, we analyze the financial valuation according to this perspective. Following this conception, the driving force is not produced by the individuals but by the market as an autonomous force. The explosion of the CDS during the period 2001-2007 and the Internet Bubble are illustrations of this hypothesis. The market dominates the investors that follow its direction and not the way around as it is said by the marginalist approach. It is a top-down logic and not a bottom-up logic. In a last section, we propose a model to show how the top-down logic is functioning. This model is derived from the Ising model.
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spelling doaj-art-86483b0ef9f44ce28f2865b5c169e50e2025-01-30T14:26:08ZengAssociation Recherche & RégulationRevue de la Régulation1957-77962015-12-011810.4000/regulation.11441La valeur économique comme fait social : la preuve par les évaluations boursièresAndré OrléanIn The Empire of value (MIT Press, 2014), following Durkheim, economic value is understood as a specific power coming from the collective affective investment of the group. In this article, we analyze the financial valuation according to this perspective. Following this conception, the driving force is not produced by the individuals but by the market as an autonomous force. The explosion of the CDS during the period 2001-2007 and the Internet Bubble are illustrations of this hypothesis. The market dominates the investors that follow its direction and not the way around as it is said by the marginalist approach. It is a top-down logic and not a bottom-up logic. In a last section, we propose a model to show how the top-down logic is functioning. This model is derived from the Ising model.https://journals.openedition.org/regulation/11441valuefinancial marketCDSimitationrationalitysocial fact
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La valeur économique comme fait social : la preuve par les évaluations boursières
Revue de la Régulation
value
financial market
CDS
imitation
rationality
social fact
title La valeur économique comme fait social : la preuve par les évaluations boursières
title_full La valeur économique comme fait social : la preuve par les évaluations boursières
title_fullStr La valeur économique comme fait social : la preuve par les évaluations boursières
title_full_unstemmed La valeur économique comme fait social : la preuve par les évaluations boursières
title_short La valeur économique comme fait social : la preuve par les évaluations boursières
title_sort la valeur economique comme fait social la preuve par les evaluations boursieres
topic value
financial market
CDS
imitation
rationality
social fact
url https://journals.openedition.org/regulation/11441
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