To see is to believe: Common expectations in experimental asset markets

European Economic Review

Volumn 66, Issue , 2014, Pages 84-96

  Cheung, Stephen L ^a,b   Hedegaard, Morten ^c   Palan, Stefan ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b IZA   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Asset market experiment; Common expectations; Confusion; Mispricing

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC THEORY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MARKET CONDITIONS; THEORETICAL STUDY; TRAINING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84890824538     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2013.11.009     Document Type: Article

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