Informational cascades: A mirage?

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 193-199

  Spiwoks, Markus ^a   Bizer, Kilian ^b   Hein, Oliver ^c  

^a OSTFALIA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bayes' rule; Experiments; Informational cascades

Indexed keywords

EID: 44649107639     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2007.06.005     Document Type: Article

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