Learning under supervision: An experimental study

Experimental Economics

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 154-173

  Iyengar, Raghuram ^a   Schotter, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Advice; Group decision making; Learning; Supervision

Indexed keywords

EID: 44149123861     PISSN: 13864157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10683-007-9164-2     Document Type: Article

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