Herding behavior in asset markets

Journal of Financial Stability

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 35-56

  Hott, Christian ^a  

^a SWISS NATIONAL BANK   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Baysian learning; Herding behavior; Price bubbles

Indexed keywords

EID: 57749086231     PISSN: 15723089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfs.2008.01.004     Document Type: Article

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