Modeling herding behavior and its risks

Journal of Economic Methodology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 6-18

  Weisberg, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

agent based model; cognitive labor; herding

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875928401     PISSN: 1350178X     EISSN: 14699427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1350178X.2013.774843     Document Type: Article

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