Speculative growth, overreaction, and the welfare cost of technology-driven bubbles

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 461-483

  Lansing, Kevin J ^a,b  

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

^b NORGES BANK   (Norway)

Author keywords

Asset pricing; Business cycles; Endogenous growth; Excess volatility; Speculative bubbles

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857973872     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2012.02.011     Document Type: Article

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