Jean-Paul Rodrigue (born July 20, 1967) is a Canadian scholar of

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. He has a PhD in transport geography from the

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(1994) and has been part of the Department of Maritime Business Administration at

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since 2024. Between 1999 and 2023, he was part of the Department of Global Studies and Geography at

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. His work, ', (''The Global Economic Space: Advanced Economies and Globalization'') won the

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"Best Business Book" award in 2000. In 2019, the

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granted Rodrigue the Edward L. Ullman Award for outstanding contribution to the field of transport geography. Stages of a bubble

In 2008, Rodrigue achieved notability with his model of

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s, charting four phases of a bubble. While the "smart money" has purchased during the earlier "stealth phase", institutional investors begin to buy during "take off". Following media coverage, the general public begins to invest leading to steep rise in prices as "enthusiasm" and then "greed" kick in. "Delusion" precedes the peak.Keenan, Mark. ''A bubble under the microscope'',

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26 June 2011 The chart was widely syndicated during the

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Publications

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References

External links

Dr. Jean-Paul Rodrigue , Personal website
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The Geography of Transport Systems
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Port Economics, Management and Policy
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