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title: Memory and Beliefs in Markets
url: https://www.ml-quant.com/papers/ssrn/5013622/
site: ML-Quant (https://www.ml-quant.com)
updated: 2026-09-26
license: Summaries CC BY 4.0; links go to the original sources
index: https://www.ml-quant.com/llms.txt
identifier: SSRN 5013622
source_url: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5013622
featured: 2024-11-13
citations: unknown
topic: ML & AI Methods
---


# Memory and Beliefs in Markets

Sell-side stock analysts' belief formation is influenced by memory distortions, with analysts often over-recalling distant historical episodes and under-recalling them during crises, according to a machine learning model.

- Source: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5013622
- Identifier: SSRN 5013622
- Released: 2024-11-04
- First featured: Quant Letter No. 74 (2024-11-13): https://www.ml-quant.com/issues/2024-11-13/
- Citations (Semantic Scholar): not tracked
- Published in: not yet
- Topic: ML & AI Methods

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