Tulipmania refers to which of the following?

• A. Tulip Fever
• B. Tulip Era
• C. Tulip Craze
• D. Tulipmania

Answer: (D)

Think about a speculative bubble where people chase quick profits by buying something not for use, but to sell at a higher price to someone else. Tulipmania captures the Dutch 17th-century phenomenon in which tulip bulbs were traded at wildly inflated prices, driven by optimism and herd behavior, and then crashed. This term is the standard label historians and economists use for that episode because it conveys both the feverish excitement and the eventual collapse of prices. Other phrases like Tulip Fever or Tulip Craze exist, but Tulipmania is the most widely recognized term for this market mania, whereas Tulip Era refers to a different historical period entirely.