Individual and Collective Information Acquisition: An Experimental Study
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Keywords
Collective Choice; Experiments; Information Acquisition;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C91 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Individual Behavior
- C92 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Group Behavior
- D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
- D83 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness
- D87 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Neuroeconomics
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CDM-2023-11-20 (Collective Decision-Making)
- NEP-EXP-2023-11-20 (Experimental Economics)
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