Overconfidence and speculative bubbles

Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1183-1219

  Scheinkman, José A ^a   Xiong, Wei ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC THEORY; MARKET CONDITIONS; PRICE DYNAMICS; TRANSACTION COST;

EID: 0942288976     PISSN: 00223808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/378531     Document Type: Article

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