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Periodic sharp sustained increases and then reversals in asset prices lead many to posit irrational price bubbles. The …
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There has been a long-running debate about whether stock market prices are determined by fundamentals. To date no consensus has been reached. An important issue in this debate concerns the circumstances in which deviations from fundamentals are consistent with rational behavior. A...
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This paper provides a guide to macroeconomic applications of the theory of rational bubbles. It shows that rational … bubbles can be easily incorporated into standard macroeconomic models, and illustrates how they can be used to account for … important macroeconomic phenomena. It also discusses the welfare implications of rational bubbles and the role of policy in …
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I examine the impact of alternative monetary policy rules on a rational asset price bubble, through the lens of an overlapping generations model with nominal rigidities. A systematic increase in interest rates in response to a growing bubble is shown to enhance the fluctuations in the latter,...
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This paper presents evidence on attitude changes among investors in the US stock market. Two basic attitudes are explored: bubble expectations and investor confidence. Semiannual time-series indicators of these attitudes are presented for US stock market institutional investors based on...
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a role in the formation of asset price bubbles. Using age as a proxy for managers' investment experience, we find that …
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We develop a model of asset price bubbles based on the communication process between advisors and investors. Advisors …
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We model the relationship between asset float (tradeable shares) and speculative bubbles. Investors trade a stock with …
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We present a dynamic theory of prices and volume in asset bubbles. In our framework, predictable price increases …
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, abound. While the role of investor contagion in asset bubbles has been explored extensively in the theoretical literature …
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