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Laboratory financial markets allow human subjects to trade assets under conditions controlled by the researcher. By varying the conditions — such as the trading format, or the timing and content of private information — the researcher can make direct and sharp inferences.
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Friedman, D. (2016). laboratory financial markets. In: Jones, G. (eds) Banking Crises. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137553799_21
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