The dynamics of trader motivations in asset bubbles

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 66, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 641-656

  Caginalp, G ^a   Ilieva, V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b Harborside Financial Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Asset markets; Behavioral finance; Experimental economics; Fundamental traders; Momentum traders

Indexed keywords

EID: 42649145855     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2006.01.011     Document Type: Article

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