Extensive Imitation is Irrational and Harmful*

DOI10.1093/qje/qju021zbMath1400.91133OpenAlexW2146699268MaRDI QIDQ4963027

Matthew Rabin, Erik Eyster

Publication date: 6 November 2018

Published in: The Quarterly Journal of Economics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/54257/1/__libfile_REPOSITORY_Content_Eyster%2C%20E_Extensive%20imitation%20is%20irrational%20and%20harmful_Eyster_Extensive%20imitation_2013.pdf

zbMATH Keywords

rationalityimitation\(n\)-player gamesocial learners

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Decision theory (91B06) (n)-person games, (n>2) (91A06)

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