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We compare how well agents aggregate information in two repeated social learning environments. In the first setting …
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learning primarily occurs on the sell side of the market: agents with intense market experience are more willing to part with …
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We analyze the behavior of game-show contestants who play a one-shot game called Friend or Foe. While it is a weakly dominant strategy not to cooperate, almost half the contestants on the show choose to play friend.' Remarkably, the behavior of contestants remains unchanged even when stakes are...
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The experimental literature on repeated games has largely focused on settings where players discount the future identically. In applications, however, interactions often occur between players whose time preferences differ. We study experimentally the effects of discounting differentials in...
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We study a model of social learning and communication using hard anecdotal evidence. There are two Bayesian agents (a …
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We study a sequential experimentation model with endogenous feedback. Agents choose between a safe and risky action, the latter generating stochastic rewards. When making this choice, each agent is selfishly motivated (myopic). However, agents can disclose their experiences to a public record,...
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investigate this claim using a simple model of Bayesian learning. Two individuals with different priors observe the same infinite … behavior in a range of circumstances. We illustrate how the type of learning outlined in this paper interacts with economic …
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We explore a model of non-Bayesian information aggregation in networks. Agents non-cooperatively choose among Friedkin-Johnsen type aggregation rules to maximize payoffs. The DeGroot rule is chosen in equilibrium if and only if there is noiseless information transmission...leading to consensus....
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We examine how a social stigma of seeking information can inhibit learning. Consider a Seeker of uncertain ability who … experiment with treatments designed to detect both effects. Seekers have three days to retrieve information from paired Advisors …
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This paper develops a theory of expectations-driven business cycles based on learning. Agents have incomplete knowledge …
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