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dc.contributor.authorFiore, Annamariaen
dc.contributor.authorMorone, Andreaen
dc.date.accessioned2009-01-28T15:05:07Z-
dc.date.available2009-01-28T15:05:07Z-
dc.date.issued2007-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/17944-
dc.description.abstractSeminal models of herd behaviour and informational cascades point out existence of negative information externalities, and propose to ?destroy? information in order to achieve social improvements. Although in the last years many features of herd behaviour and informational cascades have been studied, this particular aspect has never been extensively analysed. In this article we try to fill this gap, investigating both theoretically and experimentally whether and to which extent destroying information can improve welfare. Our empirical results show that this decisional mechanism actually leads to a behaviour more consistent with the theory that in turn produces the predicted efficiency gain.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aKiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW) |cKielen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aEconomics Discussion Papers |x2007-21en
dc.subject.jelC91en
dc.subject.jelD62en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordInformational cascadesen
dc.subject.keywordinformation externalityen
dc.subject.keywordindividual decision makingen
dc.subject.keywordexperimenten
dc.titleA Simple Note on Informational Cascades-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn55820497Xen
dc.rights.licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/de/deed.enen
dc.identifier.repecRePEc:zbw:ifwedp:5568en

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