Price stability and volatility in markets with positive and negative expectations feedback: An experimental investigation

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1052-1072

  Heemeijer, Peter ^a   Hommes, Cars ^a   Sonnemans, Joep ^a   Tuinstra, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coordination; Expectations feedback; Experimental economics; Market behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 63749102235     PISSN: 01651889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jedc.2008.09.009     Document Type: Article

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