Bianchi, MiloIdRefORCIDORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4346-3147 and Jehiel, PhilippeIdRef (2025) Bubbles and Crashes with Partially Sophisticated Investors. TSE Working Paper, n. 25-1668, Toulouse

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Abstract

We analyze bubbles and crashes in a model in which some investors are partially sophisticated. While the expectations of such investors are endogenously determined in equilibrium, these are based on a coarse understanding of the market dynamics. We highlight how such investors may endogenously switch from euphoria to panic and how this may lead to equilibrium bubbles and crashes even in a purely speculative market in which information is complete and it is commonly understood that the bubble cannot grow forever. We also show how this setting can match stylized empirical facts, and we investigate whether bubbles may last longer when the share of fully rational traders increases.

Item Type: Monograph (Working Paper)
Language: English
Date: September 2025
Place of Publication: Toulouse
Uncontrolled Keywords: Speculative bubbles, crashes, bounded rationality.
JEL Classification: C72 - Noncooperative Games
D84 - Expectations; Speculations
G12 - Asset Pricing; Trading volume; Bond Interest Rates
Subjects: B- ECONOMIE ET FINANCE
Divisions: TSE-R (Toulouse)
Institution: Université Toulouse Capitole
Site: UT1
Date Deposited: 23 Oct 2025 08:39
Last Modified: 23 Oct 2025 08:43
OAI Identifier: oai:tse-fr.eu:131050
URI: https://publications.ut-capitole.fr/id/eprint/51573

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