Thar she bursts: Reducing confusion reduces bubbles

American Economic Review

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 865-883

  Kirchler, Michael ^a,b   Huber, Jurgen ^a   Stockl, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

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EID: 84862505700     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.102.2.865     Document Type: Review

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