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Informational Externalities and Convergence of Behavior

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  • Nicolas Vieille

    (GREGH - Groupement de Recherche et d'Etudes en Gestion à HEC - HEC Paris - Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • E. Solan
  • D. Rosenberg

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This paper presents a general model of information dissemination
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  • Nicolas Vieille & E. Solan & D. Rosenberg, 2006. "Informational Externalities and Convergence of Behavior," Post-Print halshs-00120992, HAL.
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    1. Jackson, Matthew O. & Golub, Benjamin, 2007. "Naive Learning in Social Networks: Convergence, Influence and Wisdom of Crowds," Coalition Theory Network Working Papers 9101, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM).

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    Keywords

    Informational Externalities; Externalities; Convergence of Behavior; Behavior;
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    JEL classification:

    • D82 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Asymmetric and Private Information; Mechanism Design
    • D83 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness

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