investigate this claim using a simple model of Bayesian learning. Two individuals with different priors observe the same infinite … implications for economic behavior in a range of circumstances. We illustrate how the type of learning outlined in this paper …

Using a high-stakes field experiment conducted with a financial brokerage, we implement a novel design to separately … asset, his peers may also want to purchase it, both because they learn from his choice ("social learning") and because his …

.39 and 0.23 standard deviations, respectively, after four years. We also identify important gender learning gaps with boys …

Classroom peers are believed to influence learning by teaching each other, and the efficacy of this teaching likely … curriculum and the instructional behavior of teachers. To fill this gap, we conduct a laboratory experiment in which subjects …-to-peer teaching and ability tracking. While peer-to-peer teaching improves learning among low-ability subjects, the positive effects …

We conduct a large scale RCT to investigate peer effects in computer assisted learning (CAL). Identification of peer … which peer effects unambiguously help weak students catch up with the rest of the class without imposing any learning cost …

We present results about the effects of observing others' choices, called observational learning, on individuals …' behavior and subjective well-being in the context of restaurant dining from a randomized natural field experiment. Our … experimental design aims to distinguish observational learning effect from saliency effect (because observing others' choices also …