Optimal search with learning

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control

Volumn 20, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 333-359

  Bikhchandani, Sushil ^a   Sharma, Sunil ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

Information; Learning; Search

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029685382     PISSN: 01651889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0165-1889(94)00854-7     Document Type: Article

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