Heterogeneous beliefs and routes to chaos in a simple asset pricing model

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control

Volumn 22, Issue 8-9, 1998, Pages 1235-1274

  Brock, William A ^a   Hommes, Cars H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Asset pricing; Bifurcation; Heterogeneous beliefs

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000921080     PISSN: 01651889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0165-1889(98)00011-6     Document Type: Article

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