The impact of interaction and social learning on aggregate expectations

Computational Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 289-306

  Bowden, Mark ^a   McDonald, Stuart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Expectations formation; Information contagion; Network economics; Social learning; Volatility

Indexed keywords

EID: 42049109333     PISSN: 09277099     EISSN: 15729974     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10614-007-9118-y     Document Type: Article

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