Imitation and contrarian behaviour: Hyperbolic bubbles, crashes and chaos

Quantitative Finance

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 264-281

  Corcos, A ^a   Eckmann, J P ^b   Malaspinas, A ^b   Malevergne, Y ^c,d   Sornette, D ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PICARDIE JULES VERNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^d Universite   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 85008824216     PISSN: 14697688     EISSN: 14697696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1469-7688/2/4/303     Document Type: Article

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