Social reinforcement: Cascades, entrapment, and tipping

American Economic Journal: Microeconomics

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 86-99

  Heal, Geoffrey ^a   Kunreuther, Howard ^b  

^a The Sanford C Bernstein Co Center for Leadership and Ethics   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 78649948365     PISSN: 19457669     EISSN: 19457685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/mic.2.1.86     Document Type: Article

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