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SOFT LANDING OF A STOCK MARKET BUBBLE: AN EXPERIMANTAL STUDY
Category: Economic Theory
Asset Markets I Sunday 25th August 2002, 09:30 - 11:00, Room: 1.11
Session Chair(s):
Urs Fischbacher, University of Zurich, SWITZERLAND
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Abstract:
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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.
Treatment groups are subjected to an endogenous interest policy, while
control groups experience a constant interest rate. Our stock markets are
characterized by bubbles. While we observe a small positive impact of our
interest policy on bubbles, the policy also strongly increases market
volatility. On the other hand, concerning portfolio choice, we find evidence
for value-driven (rational) investment behavior.
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