Filtered social learning

Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 686-720

  Niehaus, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; KNOWLEDGE; MODELING; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

EID: 80053897232     PISSN: 00223808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/662627     Document Type: Article

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