Cheap talk, fraud, and adverse selection in financial markets: Some experimental evidence

Review of Financial Studies

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 481-518

  Forsythe, Robert ^b   Lundholm, Russell ^b   Rietz, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0033420549     PISSN: 08939454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/revfin/12.3.0481     Document Type: Article

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