Limited cognitive ability and selective information processing
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Keywords
Limited ability; Information overload; Information avoidance; Confirmation bias; Wishful thinking; Polarization;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D83 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness
- D90 - Microeconomics - - Micro-Based Behavioral Economics - - - General
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