Economic Theory and Asset Bubbles

16 Pages Posted: 11 Sep 2007

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Gadi Barlevy

Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); IZA Institute of Labor Economics

Abstract

The author summarizes what economic theory tells us about when asset price bubbles can occur and what the welfare implications are from bursting them. In some cases, bursting a bubble may make society worse off by exacerbating the market distortions that give rise to the bubble in the first place.

Keywords: asset price bubbles, General Financial Markets,

Suggested Citation

Barlevy, Gadi, Economic Theory and Asset Bubbles. Economic Perspectives, Vol. 31, No. 3, 2007, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1012865

Gadi Barlevy (Contact Author)

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