A theory of fads, fashion, custom, and cultural change as informational cascades

Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 1992, Pages 992-1026

  Bikhchandani, Sushil ^a   Hirshleifer, David ^a   Welch, Ivo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 27744568768     PISSN: 00223808     EISSN: 1537534X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/261849     Document Type: Article

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