Herding, social influence and economic decision-making: Socio-psychological and neuroscientific analyses

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 365, Issue 1538, 2010, Pages 281-290

  Baddeley, Michelle ^a  

^a GONVILLE AND CAIUS COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Herding, behavioural economics, bayesian learning, neuroeconomics

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY;

EID: 75749139733     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2009.0169     Document Type: Article

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