EXPLOSIVE BEHAVIOR IN THE 1990s NASDAQ: WHEN DID EXUBERANCE ESCALATE ASSET VALUES?*
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عنوان ژورنال: International Economic Review
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0020-6598
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2354.2010.00625.x