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Asset Price Bubbles: A Survey


Anna Scherbina


University of California, Davis - Graduate School of Management

Bernd Schlusche


Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

December 13, 2011


Abstract:     
Why do asset price bubbles continue to appear in various markets? What types of events give rise to bubbles and why do arbitrage forces fail to quickly burst them? Do bubbles have real economic consequences and should policy makers do more to prevent them? This paper provides an overview of recent literature on bubbles, with significant attention given to behavioral models and rational models with frictions. The latest U.S. housing bubble is described in the context of this literature.

Number of Pages in PDF File: 43

Keywords: Bubbles, Limits to Arbitrage, Financial Crisis

JEL Classification: G00, G01, G10

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Date posted: March 28, 2011 ; Last revised: February 3, 2013

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Scherbina, Anna D. and Schlusche, Bernd, Asset Price Bubbles: A Survey (December 13, 2011). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1793420 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1793420

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Anna D. Scherbina (Contact Author)
University of California, Davis - Graduate School of Management ( email )
One Shields Avenue
Davis, CA 95616
United States
(530) 754-8076 (Phone)
(530) 752-2924 (Fax)
Bernd Schlusche
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System ( email )
20th Street and Constitution Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20551
United States
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