Imitation in heterogeneous populations
We study a boundedly rational model of imitation when payoff distributions of actions differ across types of individuals. Individuals observe others’ actions and payoffs, and a comparison signal. One of two inefficiencies always arises: (i) uniform adoption, i.e., all individuals choose the action t...
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| Dokumenttyp: | Book/Monograph Arbeitspapier |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Heidelberg
University of Heidelberg, Department of Economics
August 5, 2016
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| Schriftenreihe: | Discussion paper series / University of Heidelberg, Department of Economics
no. 625 |
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Discussion paper series (no. 625)
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| DOI: | 10.11588/heidok.00022241 |
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| Online-Zugang: | Resolving-System, kostenfrei, Volltext: http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-heidok-222416 Resolving-System, kostenfrei, Volltext: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/162968 Resolving-System, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.11588/heidok.00022241 Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: http://www.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/archiv/22241 Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: http://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/22241/1/hedlund_oyarzun_2016_dp625.pdf 
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| Verfasserangaben: | Jonas Hedlund and Carlos Oyarzun |
| Zusammenfassung: | We study a boundedly rational model of imitation when payoff distributions of actions differ across types of individuals. Individuals observe others’ actions and payoffs, and a comparison signal. One of two inefficiencies always arises: (i) uniform adoption, i.e., all individuals choose the action that is optimal for one type but sub-optimal for the other, or (ii) dual incomplete learning, i.e., only a fraction of each type chooses its optimal action. Which one occurs depends on the composition of the population and how critical the choice is for different types of individuals. In an application, we show that a monopolist serving a population of boundedly rational consumers cannot fully extract the surplus of high-valuation consumers, but can sell to consumers who do not value the good. |
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| Beschreibung: | Online Resource |
| DOI: | 10.11588/heidok.00022241 |