A herding perspective on global games and multiplicity

B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Costain, James S ^a  

^a BANCO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Global games; Herding; Heterogeneity; Sunspots; Uniqueness

Indexed keywords

EID: 35649028833     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19351704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1935-1704.1128     Document Type: Article

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