Imitation and luck: An experimental study on social sampling

DOI10.1016/J.GEB.2008.03.004zbMath1156.91330OpenAlexW1982000301MaRDI QIDQ1007772

Theo Offerman, Andrew Schotter

Publication date: 24 March 2009

Published in: Games and Economic Behavior (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geb.2008.03.004

zbMATH Keywords

experimentsocial learningrisk

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Social networks; opinion dynamics (91D30) Rationality and learning in game theory (91A26) Experimental studies (91A90)

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