Transaction costs and informational cascades in financial markets

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 68, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 581-592

  Cipriani, Marco ^a   Guarino, Antonio ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Herd behavior; Informational cascades; Tobin tax; Transaction costs

Indexed keywords

EID: 55549100867     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2008.08.001     Document Type: Article

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