Herding and contrarian behavior in financial markets: An internet experiment

American Economic Review

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1403-1426

  Drehmann, Mathias ^a   Oechssler, Jörg ^b   Roider, Andreas ^c  

^a BANK OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

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EID: 33645750481     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/000282805775014317     Document Type: Review

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