Relative Performance Incentives and Price Bubbles in Experimental Asset Markets

Southern Economic Journal

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 345-363

  Cheung, Stephen L ^a   Coleman, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Teaminvest Private   (Australia)

Author keywords

C92; G12; M52

Indexed keywords

EID: 84973453881     PISSN: 00384038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4284/0038-4038-2012.250     Document Type: Article

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