Jean-Paul Rodrigue (born July 20, 1967) is a Canadian scholar of transportation geography. He has a PhD in transport geography from the Université de Montréal (1994) and has been part of the Department of Global Studies and Geography at

Hofstra University Hofstra University is a private university in Hempstead, New York. It is Long Island's largest private university. Hofstra originated in 1935 as an extension of New York University (NYU) under the name Nassau College – Hofstra Memorial of Ne ...

in Hempstead, New York, since 1999. His work, ', (''The Global Economic Space: Advanced Economies and Globalization'') won the PricewaterhouseCoopers "Best Business Book" award in 2000. In 2019 the American Association of Geographers 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

economic bubble An economic bubble (also called a speculative bubble or a financial bubble) is a period when current asset prices greatly exceed their intrinsic valuation, being the valuation that the underlying long-term fundamentals justify. Bubbles can be c ...

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 late-2000s financial crisis.

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External links

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