Price bubbles with discounting: A web-based classroom experiment

Journal of Economic Education

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 27-37

  Bostian, A A ^a   Holt, Charles A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asset markets; Classroom experiments; Discounting; Present value; Price bubbles

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649550999     PISSN: 00220485     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JECE.40.1.027-037     Document Type: Article

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