How to grow a bubble: A model of myopic adapting agents

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 137-152

  Harras, Georges ^a   Sornette, Didier ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Agent based model; Bubble; Crash; Herding; Stock market

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052765390     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2011.03.003     Document Type: Article

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