Re: Microeconomics of cornering

["Devine, James" <jdevine@xxxxxxx>]

>There was also a nice book about the
Hunt brothers' attempt to corner the silver market.<
 
they lost big, didn't they? often efforts to corner speculative markets end that way.
Jim

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	From: Michael Perelman [mailto:michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
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	I don't know of any technical papers on corners.  On JSTOR, a collection
	of the most prestigious journals, up to the last five years or so, has
	only one economics article with corners in the title.  Towards a History
	of Lost Corners in the World . Jan Vansina. The Economic History Review,
	New Series, Vol. 35, No. 2. (May, 1982), pp. 165-178.  Charles Geisst,
	Wheels of Fortune, has a number of stories of attempted corners -- one
	successful -- in his early chapters.  There was also a nice book about the
	Hunt brothers' attempt to corner the silver market.
	 -- Michael
	Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929
	
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