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Noise Traders

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Noise traders are agents whose theoretical existence has been hypothesized as a way of solving certain fundamental problems in financial economics. We briefly review the literature on noise traders.

This chapter was originally published in The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2nd edition, 2008. Edited by Steven N. Durlauf and Lawrence E. Blume.

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    Dow, J., Gorton, G. (2008). Noise Traders. In: The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-95121-5_2309-1

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