Social phase transitions

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 71-87

  Levy, Moshe ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Heterogeneity; Market crash; Social transition

Indexed keywords

EID: 17144373965     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2003.11.013     Document Type: Article

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