Department of Economics: Recent submissions

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    • Opinion Dynamics and Learning in Social Networks 

      Acemoglu, Daron; Ozdaglar, Asuman (Cambridge, MA: Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012-08-30)
      We provide an overview of recent research on belief and opinion dynamics in social networks. We discuss both Bayesian and non-Bayesian models of social learning and focus on the implications of the form of learning (e.g., ...

    • Opinion Fluctuations and Disagreement in Social Network 

      Acemoglu, Daron; Como, Giacomo; Fagnani, Fabio; Ozdaglar, Asuman (Cambridge, MA: Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010-09-23)
      We study a stochastic gossip model of continuous opinion dynamics in a society consisting of two types of agents: regular agents, who update their beliefs according to information that they receive from their social ...

    • Dynamics of Information Exchange in Endogenou Social Networks 

      Acemoglu, Daron; Bimpikis, Kostas; Ozdaglar, Asuman (Cambridge, MA: Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010-09-24)
      We develop a model of information exchange through communication and investigate its implications for information aggregation in large societies. An underlying state determines payoffs from different actions. Agents ...