We investigate the effect of monetary policy on stock market bubbles and trading behavior in experimental asset markets. We introduce the possibility of investing in interest bearing bonds to the widely used laboratory asset market design of Smith et al. (1988). Treatment groups face a variable...

The paper investigates the effect of interest rate policy on price bubbles, trading behavior, and portfolio choice in experimental stock markets. In a series of experiments, participants trade an asset over 15 periods. Alternatively, the participants can invest money in interest-bearing bonds....

This paper investigates the effect of interest rate policy on stock marketbubbles and trading behavior in experimental asset markets. For this purpose, weintroduce the possibility of investing in interest bearing bonds to the classicallaboratory asset market design of Smith, Suchanek, and...

The paper investigates the effect of interest policy on price bubbles, trading behavior and portfolio choice in experimental stock markets. A series of experiments has 8 participants trade an asset over 15 periods. Alternatively, the participants can invest money in interest-bearing bonds....

The paper investigates the effect of interest policy on price bubbles, trading behavior and portfolio choice in experimental stock markets. A series of experiments has 8 participants trade an asset over 15 periods. Alternatively, the participants can invest money in interest-bearing bonds....

This paper investigates the effect of monetary policy on stock market bubbles and trading behavior in experimental asset markets. For this purpose, we introduce the possibility of investing in interest bearing bonds to the widely used laboratory asset market design of Smith, Suchanek, and...