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The financial Logos : The framing of financial decision-making by mathematical modelling

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This paper introduces the notion of “financial Logos”, defined as a structuring discourse embedded in management tools and beliefs of financial practices. I hypothesize that this discourse contains a specific representation of risk mathematically modelled by probability measures. Next I use a performativity based approach to describe the concrete action of the financial Logos on financial practices: the framing of financial decision-making by mathematical modelling. I argue that it is not possible to think of a given financial practice without epistemologically and sociologically thinking of the contribution of the mathematical modelling to this practice. I conclude with consequences for ethics of finance: extending ethics of action to epistemic ethics, I suggest that, in finance, any preference in mathematical modelling is also a preference in ethics.
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halshs-04503518 , version 1 (13-03-2024)

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Christian Walter. The financial Logos : The framing of financial decision-making by mathematical modelling. Research in International Business and Finance, 2016, 37, pp.597-604. ⟨10.1016/j.ribaf.2016.01.022⟩. ⟨halshs-04503518⟩
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