Optimizing information in the herd: Guinea pigs, profits, and welfare

DOI10.1006/GAME.2001.0881zbMATH Open1026.91065DBLPjournals/geb/Sgroi02OpenAlexW2081066195WikidataQ56429182 ScholiaQ56429182MaRDI QIDQ700131FDOQ700131

Authors Daniel Sgroi

Publication date 30 September 2002

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

Full work available at URL http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/50142/1/WRAP_Sgroi_Paper9.pdf

zbMATH Keywords

herd externalitymaximize salessocial plannervaluable or valueless product

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Production theory, theory of the firm (91B38) Rationality and learning in game theory (91A26)

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