Stock market crashes as social phase transitions

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 137-155

  Levy, Moshe ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Conformity effects; Market crashes; Phase transitions

Indexed keywords

EID: 36849020031     PISSN: 01651889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jedc.2007.01.023     Document Type: Article

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