Collective action cascades: An informational rationale for the power in numbers

Journal of Economic Surveys

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 655-684

  Lohmann, Susanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Collective action; Information cascades; Signaling

Indexed keywords

COLLECTIVE ACTION; ECONOMIC THEORY; SOCIAL MOVEMENT;

EID: 0034498572     PISSN: 09500804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-6419.00128     Document Type: Article

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