Rational and Near-Rational Bubbles Without Drift

Economic Journal

Volumn 120, Issue 549, 2010, Pages 1149-1174

  Lansing, Kevin J ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FINANCIAL MARKET; GROWTH RATE; MODEL TEST; PARAMETERIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STOCK MARKET; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 78649401383     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2010.02385.x     Document Type: Article

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