Bubbles and crashes: Optimism, trend extrapolation and panic

International Journal of Theoretical and Applied Finance

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 829-837

  Westerhoff, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bubbles and crashes; Drawdowns and drawups; Optimism and panic; Technical and fundamental analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347622541     PISSN: 02190249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219024903002237     Document Type: Article

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