Analysis of a Heterogeneous Trader Model for Asset Price Dynamics

We examine an asset pricing model of Westerhoff (2005). The model incorporates heterogeneous beliefs among traders, specifically fundamentalists and trend-chasing chartists. The form of the model is shown here to be a nonlinear planar map. Since it contains a single parameter, the model may be consi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Andrew Foster, Natasha Kirby
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2011-01-01
Series:Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/309572