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How initial price history influences expectation formation in multi-asset experimental markets: An exploratory case study Cover

How initial price history influences expectation formation in multi-asset experimental markets: An exploratory case study

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|Jul 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18559/ebr.2025.2.1751 | Journal eISSN: 2450-0097 | Journal ISSN: 2392-1641
Language: English
Page range: 7 - 37
Submitted on: Sep 16, 2024
Accepted on: Apr 1, 2025
Published on: Jul 8, 2025
Published by: Poznań University of Economics and Business Press
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