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represent an understudied channel for this type of social learning. We study an environmentally-focused law in the shale gas …
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, endogenous learning here eliminates that effect …
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We document the transmission of social distancing practices from the United States to Mexico along migrant networks during the early 2020 Covid-19 pandemic. Using data on pre-existing migrant connections between Mexican and U.S. locations and mobile-phone tracking data revealing social...
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a quality upgrade one of these inputs requires a period of learning before it can be used effectively, then in general … wasteful to tie up funds in the other inputs which will be underutilized until the date learning is over. We provide evidence …
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We study social learning between spouses using an experiment in Chennai, India. We vary whether individuals discover … perfectly informed of them. In a second experiment, when paired with mixed- and same-gender strangers, both men and women … gender difference in learning (only) in the household …
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We study the perfect Bayesian equilibrium of a model of learning over a general social network. Each individual … characterize the conditions under which there will be asymptotic learning -- that is, the conditions under which, as the social … unbounded (meaning that the implied likelihood ratios are unbounded), there will be asymptotic learning as long as there is some …
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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 …
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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 …
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. For all members of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) since 1951, we estimate an adaptive learning rule based on …
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We examine how machine learning can be used to improve and understand human decision-making. In particular, we focus on … a decision that has important policy consequences. Millions of times each year, judges must decide where defendants will … await trial—at home or in jail. By law, this decision hinges on the judge's prediction of what the defendant would do if …
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