Bursztyn, Leonardo; Ederer, Florian; Ferman, Bruno; … - In: Econometrica 82 (2014) 4, pp. 1273-1301
Using a high‐stakes field experiment conducted with a financial brokerage, we implement a novel design to separately identify two channels of social influence in financial decisions, both widely studied theoretically. When someone purchases an asset, his peers may also want to purchase it,...