Bayesian learning in social networks

Games and Economic Behavior

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 329-346

  Gale, Douglas ^a   Kariv, Shachar ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Herd behavior; Informational cascades; Networks; Social learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242654875     PISSN: 08998256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-8256(03)00144-1     Document Type: Article

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