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Crash Narratives

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  • Dasol Kim
  • William Goetzmann
  • Robert Shiller

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Narratives about past stock market crashes may affect investor concerns about crashes and create feedback loops in current markets (Working Paper no. 23-10).

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  • Dasol Kim & William Goetzmann & Robert Shiller, 2023. "Crash Narratives," Working Papers 23-10, Office of Financial Research, US Department of the Treasury.
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