This paper considers a model of observational learning in social networks. Every period, the agents observe the actions …

combines insights from studies on technology diffusion, evolutionary economics and cognitive psychology to argue that … consumption and demand are learning processes driven by trial-and-error, rather than by ex-ante maximization. The paper presents a … heuristic synthesis to incorporate learning processes in the determination of consumption preferences and capabilities. The case …

We describe a candid model for learning, why and how learning transpires. We investigate the original as well as the … leading conditions of the learning process. We provide an insight into the realm of beliefs and their formation, their … the influence that learning in general has on human behavior. …

This paper is an attempt to use the ideas of deepening complexity and self organization theory to a life experiment in …

spreadsheet market, finding it to be the only significant internal influence on diffusion. However, when we allow for negative … market, piracy did not contribute to diffusion and only eroded legal sales. …

The diffusion of knowledge generates positive externalities if knowledge flows increase the productivity of Research … spillover effect of knowledge diffusion depends on the similarity of research activities by the originator and recipient of the …

logistic diffusion curve) and four types of imperfectly competitive behaviour — monopolistic intertemporal profit maximization …-shaped diffusion curve is derived and drawn. …

the spread of voting participation under the influence of social conformity is developed based on the diffusion equation …