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Consensus in Social Networks: Revisited

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  • Steven Kivinen
  • Norovsambuu Tumennasan

    (Department of Economics, Dalhousie University)

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We analyze the convergence of opinions or beliefs in a general social network with non-Bayesian agents. We provide a new sufficient condition under which opinions converge to consensus. Our condition is significantly more permissive than that of Lorenz (2005).

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  • Steven Kivinen & Norovsambuu Tumennasan, 2016. "Consensus in Social Networks: Revisited," Working Papers daleconwp2016-05, Dalhousie University, Department of Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:dal:wpaper:daleconwp2016-05
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