achieved without any communication. The reason is that receivers fail to optimally translate the information received in their …

is associated with the belief that one’s life outcomes are controlled by internal factors, such as ability, instead of …

converging to one as a society grows large. Under truthful communication, we show that asymptotic learning occurs if (and under … response, it is an equilibrium when the communication network induces asymptotic learning. Moreover, we contrast equilibrium …) ensure the emergence of communication networks that lead to asymptotic learning. Our result shows that societies with too …

We study social learning in a social network setting where agents receive independent noisy signals about the truth … such that agents do not update their belief in exactly the same way at every point in time. We show that even if the social …

We study social learning in a social network setting where agents receive independent noisy signals about the truth … such that agents do not update their belief in exactly the same way at every point in time. We show that even if the social …