Financial crises and interacting heterogeneous agents

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1105-1122

  Huang, Weihong ^a   Zheng, Huanhuan ^a   Chia, Wai Mun ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Chaos; Discounted expected profits; Financial crisis; Multi phase heterogeneous beliefs

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952009663     PISSN: 01651889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jedc.2010.01.013     Document Type: Article

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