What affects the market's ability to adjust for optimistic forecast bias? Evidence from experimental asset markets

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 358-372

  Ackert, Lucy F ^a,b   Church, Bryan K ^c   Zhang, Ping ^d  

^a KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ATLANTA   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Experimental asset markets; Optimistic forecast bias

Indexed keywords

EID: 41549146310     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2006.05.004     Document Type: Article

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