Bubbles and Crashes in Experimental Asset Markets

This book describes a laboratory experiment designed to test the causes and properties of bubbles in financial markets and explores the question whether it is possible to design markets which avoid such bubbles and crashes. In the experiment, subjects were given the opportunity to trade in a stock m...

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Main Author: Palan, Stefan (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
Series:Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems, 626
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Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
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