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Keeping conceptual boundaries distinct between decision making and learning is necessary to understand social influence

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2014

Gaël Le Mens
Gaël Le Mens*
Affiliation:
Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 08005 Barcelona, Spain. [email protected]://www.econ.upf.edu/~glemens/
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Abstract

Bentley et al. make the deliberate choice to blur the distinction between learning and decision making. This obscures the social influence mechanisms that operate in the various empirical settings that their map aims to categorize. Useful policy prescriptions, however, require an accurate understanding of the social influence mechanisms that underlie the dynamics of popularity.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 37 , Issue 1 , February 2014 , pp. 87 - 88
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2014 

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