Social learning from private experiences: The dynamics of the selection problem

Review of Economic Studies

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 443-458

  Manski, Charles F ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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LEARNING;

EID: 1942501565     PISSN: 00346527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0034-6527.00291     Document Type: Article

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