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conditions, there can be rational bubbles. Hence, we provide a microfoundation for bubbles that relies on a frictionless infinite …
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Bubbles are omnipresent in lab experiments with asset markets. Most of these experiments were conducted in environments … smaller bubbles if human traders expect algorithmic traders to be present. …
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which bubbles and crashes occur at unpredictable moments. We contrast these behavioural bubbles with rational bubbles. …
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which bubbles and crashes occur at unpredictable moments. We contrast these ʺbehaviouralʺ bubbles with ʺrationalʺ bubbles. …
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This paper examines whether policymakers, economists at the Israeli Finance Ministry, act in their personal pension decisions in accordance with the rational behaviour assumptions underlying the pension policies they advance. We find that while economists' decisions regarding three other...
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between 15.1% and 45.2% too much capital. These estimates suggest that, even before they burst, bubbles adversely affect … economic activity by misallocating capital. -- bubbles ; investment ; stock markets ; real effects of financial markets …
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What risks do asset price bubbles pose for the economy? This paper studies bubbles in housing and equity markets in 17 … countries over the past 140 years. History shows that not all bubbles are alike. Some have enormous costs for the economy, while … others blow over. We demonstrate that what makes some bubbles more dangerous than others is credit. When fueled by credit …
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We study the impact of improved rail access on entrepreneurship rates in England and Wales. We use data from the Census spanning 2001, 2011, and 2021 to analyse self-employment rates in granular geographic areas of around 200 residents. Specifically, we study how they respond to changes in the...
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We study an investment experiment conducted with a representative sample of German households. Respondents invest in a safe asset and a risky asset whose return is tied to the German stock market. Experimental investments correlate with beliefs about stock market returns and exhibit desirable...
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We survey retail investors at an online bank to study beliefs about the autocorrelation of aggregate stock returns, and how these beliefs shape investment decisions measured in administrative account data. Individuals' beliefs exhibit substantial heterogeneity and predict trading responses to...
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