Information aggregation with random ordering: Cascades and overconfidence

Economic Journal

Volumn 113, Issue 484, 2003, Pages 166-189

  Nöth, Markus ^a   Weber, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

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WELFARE IMPACT;

EID: 0037249248     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0297.00091     Document Type: Article

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