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title: Asset Pricing with Cognitive Biases and Deep Learning
url: https://www.ml-quant.com/papers/ssrn/4786831/
site: ML-Quant (https://www.ml-quant.com)
updated: 2026-09-26
license: Summaries CC BY 4.0; links go to the original sources
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identifier: SSRN 4786831
source_url: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4786831
featured: 2024-04-10
citations: 0
topic: Asset Pricing & Factors
---


# Asset Pricing with Cognitive Biases and Deep Learning

A deep learning model shows cognitive biases can explain the equity premium puzzle and excess volatility puzzle in asset pricing.

- Source: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4786831
- Identifier: SSRN 4786831
- Released: 2024-04-07
- First featured: Quant Letter No. 44 (2024-04-10): https://www.ml-quant.com/issues/2024-04-10/
- Citations (Semantic Scholar): 0
- Published in: not yet
- Topic: Asset Pricing & Factors

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