Imitation and luck: An experimental study on social sampling

DOI10.1016/J.GEB.2008.03.004MaRDI QIDQ1007772zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors 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

experimentrisksocial learning

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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