Cascade effects in heterogeneous populations

Rationality and Society

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 191-241

  Neill, Daniel B ^a  

^a Carnegie Mellon University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cascades; Herding; Na ve bayes; Norm followers

Indexed keywords

EID: 20444366603     PISSN: 10434631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043463105051633     Document Type: Article

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