Informational Herding and Optimal Experimentation
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Bayesian learning; value function; herding; experimentation; log concavity; Gittins index; team equilibrium;JEL classification:
- D83 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-FMK-2006-02-19 (Financial Markets)
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