Learning through noticing: Theory and evidence from a field experiment

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1311-1353

  Hanna, Rema ^a   Mullainathan, Sendhil ^a   Schwartzstein, Joshua ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; ECONOMIC THEORY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LEARNING; MODEL TEST; OPTIMIZATION; SEAWEED CULTURE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84911499955     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qje/qju015     Document Type: Article

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