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Speculation, trading, and bubbles / José A. Scheinkman.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: Kenneth J. Arrow lecture SeriesPublisher: New York : Columbia University Press, 2014Description: ix, 119 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780231159029 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0231159021
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 332.64/5 23
LOC classification:
  • HG 6005 S319s 2014
Contents:
Speculation, Trading, and Bubbles, by Jose A. Scheinkman.
Summary: The history of financial markets is full of moments in which asset prices inflate far beyond their intrinsic value. These events are commonly called bubbles, and in this book, José A. Scheinkman and other top economists offer new explanations for this phenomenon. Scheinkman discusses some stylized facts concerning bubbles, such as high trading volume and the coincidence between bubbles' implosion and increases in supply, and he develops a model for bubbles based on differences in beliefs among investors that explains these observations. Sandy Grossman and Patrick Bolton offer commentarie.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) HG 6005 S319s 2014 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000169870

Includes bibliographical references (pages 101-110) and index.

Speculation, Trading, and Bubbles, by Jose A. Scheinkman.

The history of financial markets is full of moments in which asset prices inflate far beyond their intrinsic value. These events are commonly called bubbles, and in this book, José A. Scheinkman and other top economists offer new explanations for this phenomenon. Scheinkman discusses some stylized facts concerning bubbles, such as high trading volume and the coincidence between bubbles' implosion and increases in supply, and he develops a model for bubbles based on differences in beliefs among investors that explains these observations. Sandy Grossman and Patrick Bolton offer commentarie.

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