Advertising as a distortion of social learning

B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Brekke, Kjell Arne ^a   Rege, Mari ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

Author keywords

Advertising; Availability heuristic; Herding behavior; Information; Product quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 35948952433     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19351704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1935-1704.1374     Document Type: Article

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