Information cascades: Evidence from a field experiment with financial market professionals

Journal of Finance

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 151-180

  Alevy, Jonathan E ^a   Haigh, Michael S ^b   List, John A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b Office of the Chief Economist   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 33846254501     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: 15406261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.2007.01204.x     Document Type: Article

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