Learning about risk and return: A simple model of bubbles and crashes

American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 159-191

  Branch, William A ^a   Evans, George W ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79960788368     PISSN: 19457707     EISSN: 19457715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/mac.3.3.159     Document Type: Article

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