Estimation of an agent-based model of investor sentiment formation in financial markets

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1284-1302

  Lux, Thomas ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b KIEL INSTITUTE FOR THE WORLD ECONOMY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

Author keywords

Investor sentiment; Opinion formation; Social interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861767932     PISSN: 01651889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jedc.2012.03.012     Document Type: Article

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