New evidence on the first financial bubble

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 585-607

  Frehen, Rik G P ^a   Goetzmann, William N ^b,c   Geert Rouwenhorst, K ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b YALE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bubble riding; Bubbles; Clientele theory; Innovation; South Sea Bubble

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877617657     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2012.12.008     Document Type: Article

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