Learning by not doing: An experimental investigation of observational learning

Games and Economic Behavior

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 116-136

  Merlo, Antonio ^a   Schotter, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Learning

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EID: 0037728937     PISSN: 08998256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-8256(02)00537-7     Document Type: Review

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