Quis pendit ipsa pretia: Facebook valuation and diagnostic of a bubble based on nonlinear demographic dynamics

Journal of Portfolio Management

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 56-66

  Cauwels, Peter ^a   Sornette, Didier ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FINANCE INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84870453764     PISSN: 00954918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3905/jpm.2012.38.2.056     Document Type: Article

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