Self-correcting information cascades

Review of Economic Studies

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 733-762

  Goeree, Jacob K ^a   Palfrey, Thomas R ^a   Rogers, Brian W ^b   McKelvey, Richard D ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC THEORY; ESTIMATION METHOD; MODELING; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 34250788639     PISSN: 00346527     EISSN: 1467937X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-937X.2007.00438.x     Document Type: Article

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