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Information cascade

An information cascade or informational cascade is a phenomenon described in behavioral economics and network theory in which a number of people make the same decision in a sequential fashion. It is similar to, but distinct from herd behavior.

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Information cascade

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Triples101
Avg. degree1.95
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related to External links · 28
Information cascade → An Annotated Bibliography, April, Bubble Stayed Under, Cascades, Cumulative Advantage, Duncan, Herd EffectsShiller, How, Information Cascades, Informational Cascades, Is Justin Timberlake, John, Low-Fact Cascade Just Keeps, Low-Fat, Magic, March, October, Product, Radar, Rational Herding
related to Globalization · 20
Information cascade → Additionally, All, Baader-Meinhof, Berger, Black September, Establishing, Even, German, Greek, Helmut Wagner, In, Information, Moreover, One, RAF, Red Army Faction, Summing, Wagner, When, Wolfram Berger
related to Qualitative example · 10
Information cascade → Anderson, Each, His, Information, It, Reverse Cascade, The, This, Thus, Urn
related to Empirical studies · 9
Information cascade → Anderson's, Browne, De Vany, Information, Other, Pareto, They, Walden, Walls
related to Social networks and social media · 9
Information cascade → According, Additionally, Dotey, Finally, In, Rumor, The, This, Various
related to Explicit model assumptions · 8
Information cascade → As, Behavior, Boundedly Rational Agents, In, Incomplete Knowledge, Independent Cascade, Others, The
related to Examples and fields of application · 6
Information cascade → I'm, In, Information, It's, That, Therefore
related to Market cascades · 4
Information cascade → If, Information, Marketers, This
related to Basic model · 3
Information cascade → Bikchandani, The, This

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France have laws that prohibit polling days or weeks before elections to prevent the effect of informational cascade that may influence the election resultsinstance ofanother example is that countries0.80text
financial volatilityinstance ofcascades have been extrapolated to ideas0.80text
monetary policyinstance ofcascades have been extrapolated to ideas0.80text
Information cascaderelated to Basic modelThis0.60section
Information cascaderelated to Basic modelBikchandani0.60section
Information cascaderelated to Basic modelThe0.60section
Information cascaderelated to Empirical studiesInformation0.60section
Information cascaderelated to Empirical studiesAnderson's0.60section
Information cascaderelated to Empirical studiesOther0.60section
Information cascaderelated to Empirical studiesDe Vany0.60section
Information cascaderelated to Empirical studiesWalls0.60section

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