Traders' expectations in asset markets: Experimental evidence

American Economic Review

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1901-1920

  Haruvy, Ernan ^a   Lahav, Yaron ^b   Noussair, Charles N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 38049178223     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.97.5.1901     Document Type: Article

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