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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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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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The Austrian theory of the "marginal use" is restated and extended. It is found that the Austrian concept of marginal …
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This paper examines the effects of a proportional capital gains tax in an economy with an Austrian sector (with wine and trees) and an ordinary sector. We analyze the effect of capital gains taxation (on both an accrual and a realization basis) on the efficiency with which resources are used...
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Learning or experience curves are widely used to estimate cost functions in manufacturing modeling. They have recently … shows that there is a fundamental statistical identification problem in trying to separate learning from exogenous … technological change and that the estimated learning coefficient will generally be biased upwards. Second, we present two empirical …
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This paper develops a theory of expectations-driven business cycles based on learning. Agents have incomplete knowledge … series is captured, unlike in standard models. Inherited from real business cycle theory, the benchmark model suffers a …
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, endogenous learning here eliminates that effect …
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networks are recognized as the most credible source of information about new technologies. We incorporate social learning in … communicator influences learning and adoption. Farmers find communicators who face agricultural conditions and constraints most … comparable to themselves to be the most persuasive. Incorporating communication dynamics can take the influential social learning …
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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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triggers large asset-price jumps. We show that the learning choice is critically determined by preference parameters and the …
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