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Do individuals recognize cascade behavior of others? An Experimental Study

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Tim Grebe (Institut für Wirtschaftstheorie I, Humboldt.Universität zu Berlin, Spandauer Str. 1, D-10099 Berlin, Germany. grebe@wiwi.hu.berlin.de)
Julia Schmid (Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre und Wirtschaftsrecht, Technische Universität Berlin, Straße des 17. Juni 135, D-10623 Berlin, Germany. j.schmid@ww.tu-berlin.de)
Andreas Stiehler (Berlecon Research GmbH, Oranienburger Str. 32 D-10117 Berlin, Germany. as@berlecon.de)

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In an information cascade experiment participants are confronted with artificial predecessors predicting in line with the BHW model (Bikchandani et al., 1992). Using the BDM (Becker et al., 1964) mechanism we study participants' probability perceptions based on maximum prices for participating in the prediction game. We find increasing maximum prices the more coinciding predictions of predecessors are observed, regardless of whether additional information is revealed by these predictions. Individual price patterns of more than two thirds of the participants indicate that cascade behavior of predecessors is not recognized.

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Paper provided by SFB/TR 15 Governance and the Efficiency of Economic Systems, Free University of Berlin, Humboldt University of Berlin, University of Bonn, University of Mannheim, University of Munich in its series Discussion Papers with number 180.

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Keywords: information cascades; Bayes' Rule; decision under risk and uncertainty; experimental economics;

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C91 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Individual Behavior
D81 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty
D82 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Asymmetric and Private Information

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