Learning in cobweb experiments

Macroeconomic Dynamics

Volumn 11, Issue , 2007, Pages 8-33

  Hommes, Cars ^a   Sonnemans, Joep ^a   Tuinstra, Jan ^a   Van de Velden, Henk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cobweb Dynamics; Excess Volatility; Expectations; Learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 36248943318     PISSN: 13651005     EISSN: 14698056     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1365100507060208     Document Type: Article

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