Herd behavior and contagion in financial markets

B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Cipriani, Marco ^a   Guarino, Antonio ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Financial contagion; Financial crises; Herd behavior; Informational cascades; Social learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 55549088602     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19351704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1935-1704.1390     Document Type: Article

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