Thar she blows? gender, competition, and bubbles in experimental asset markets

American Economic Review

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 906-920

  Eckel, Catherine C ^a   Füllbrunn, Sascha C ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84922243481     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: 19447981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.20130683     Document Type: Article

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