Birds of moderately different feathers: Bandwagon dynamics and the threshold heterogeneity of network neighbors

Journal of Mathematical Sociology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 47-69

  Chiang, Yen Sheng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bandwagon; Heterogeneity; Interdependence; Network; Simulation; Threshold

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845755357     PISSN: 0022250X     EISSN: 15455882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222500601013536     Document Type: Article

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