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Quality versus mere popularity: a conceptual map for understanding human behavior

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  • R. Bentley

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  • Michael O’Brien
  • Paul Ormerod

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Article provided by Springer & Fondazione Rosselli in its journal Mind & Society.

Volume (Year): 10 (2011)
Issue (Month): 2 (December)
Pages: 181-191

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Handle: RePEc:spr:minsoc:v:10:y:2011:i:2:p:181-191
DOI: 10.1007/s11299-011-0087-4
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Keywords: Cultural transmission; Evolution; Pattern formation; Popularity; Social learning;

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  1. Paul Ormerod & Rich Colbaugh, 2006. "Cascades of Failure and Extinction in Evolving Complex Systems," Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, vol. 9(4), pages 1-9.
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  4. Laurent Linnemer & Anne Perrot, 2000. "Une analyse économique des "signes de qualité". Labels et certification des produits," Revue Économique, Programme National Persée, vol. 51(6), pages 1397-1418.
  5. Milgrom, Paul & Roberts, John, 1990. "Rationalizability, Learning, and Equilibrium in Games with Strategic Complementarities," Econometrica, Econometric Society, vol. 58(6), pages 1255-1277, November.
  6. William A. Brock & Steven N. Durlauf, 2010. "Adoption Curves and Social Interactions," Journal of the European Economic Association, MIT Press, vol. 8(1), pages 232-251, 03.
  7. Bentley, R. Alexander & Ormerod, Paul, 2010. "A rapid method for assessing social versus independent interest in health issues: A case study of 'bird flu' and 'swine flu'," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 71(3), pages 482-485, August.
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Cited by:

  1. Ormerod, Paul, 2015. "The economics of radical uncertainty," Economics - The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal, Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW), vol. 9, pages 1-20.
  2. Smith, Robert Elliott, 2016. "Idealizations of Uncertainty, and Lessons from Artificial Intelligence," Economics - The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal, Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW), vol. 10, pages 1-40.
  3. Smith, Robert Elliott, 2015. "Idealizations of uncertainty, and lessons from artificial intelligence," Economics Discussion Papers 2015-50, Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW).

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