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Asset Markets Produce Bubbles Even When Transparent
Even transparent experimental asset markets with a known common dividend produce price bubbles, as people get caught up in self-reinforcing expectations of rising prices; these bubbles diminish with trader experience, paralleling real-world housing bubbles like the one behind the Great Recession.
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Vernon SmithEvidence Quote
“These markets are very subject to bubbles in the lab. And people get caught up in self-reinforcing expectations of rising prices... It goes away with experience, in the lab.”
Created: 6/13/2026, 12:22:45 AM
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