Information cascades: Replication and an extension to majority rule and conformity-rewarding institutions

American Economic Review

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1508-1520

  Hung, Angela A ^a   Plott, Charles R ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0012768720     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.91.5.1508     Document Type: Article

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