Futures markets and bubble formation in experimental asset markets

Pacific Economic Review

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 167-184

  Noussair, Charles ^a   Tucker, Steven ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

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EID: 33744899122     PISSN: 1361374X     EISSN: 14680106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0106.2006.00308.x     Document Type: Article

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