Pathological Outcomes of Observational Learning

DOI10.1111/1468-0262.00113zbMath1023.91510OpenAlexW2145976030MaRDI QIDQ4530968

Publication date: 28 May 2002

Published in: Econometrica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/64049

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Economic models of real-world systems (e.g., electricity markets, etc.) (91B74) Models of societies, social and urban evolution (91D10)

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