Network Structure and the Aggregation of Information: Theory and Evidence from Indonesia

We use unique data from over 600 Indonesian communities on what individuals know about the poverty status of others to study how network structure influences information aggregation. We develop a model of semi-Bayesian learning on networks, which we structurally estimate using within-village data. T...

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Bibliografische gegevens
Hoofdauteurs: Alatas, Vivi, Banerjee, Abhijit, Chandrasekhar, Arun Gautham, Hanna, Rema N., Olken, Benjamin
Andere auteurs: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economics
Formaat: Artikel
Taal:en_US
Gepubliceerd in: American Economic Association 2017
Online toegang:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/108158
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9923-6088
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1918-4631