The purpose of this assignment is to allow the student an opportunity to explain what it means to have an efficient capital market. Students will gain an understanding of the different levels of market efficiency and how behavioral finance can inhibit reaching market transparency.
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Submit a WORD document in APA format.
Discuss what it means to have an efficient capital market based on the points below. Your outline for your paper should look similar to the following:
Intro
Behavioral challenges in achieving efficiency.
Three forms of market efficiency
Implications to corporate finance
Would you consider the real estate market an efficient capital market? Please explain why or why not.
Conclusion
References
Each point above should be a paragraph containing 4-5 sentences, with the exception of the references page. There are required references for each assignment. Those are given to you below. So, all you need to do is copy, paste and then proceed to double-space, alphabetize and format into a hanging indent. You should not need to use other references. But if you do, format those using the Reference and Citation Generator Tool (see link below).
Minimum required references include your textbook (see below).
Ross, S., Westerfield, R., Jaffe, J. & Jordan, B. (2016). Corporate finance (11th edition). New York, N.Y. McGraw-Hill Education.