Echo Chambers: Social Learning under Unobserved Heterogeneity
(2023)
Journal Article
Williams, C. (2024). Echo Chambers: Social Learning under Unobserved Heterogeneity. The Economic Journal, 134(658), 837–855. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/uead081
People are often more influenced by opinions similar to their own and even seek information from those with whom they expect to most agree—behaviors often attributed to irrational biases. In this paper, I argue that these behaviors can be understood... Read More about Echo Chambers: Social Learning under Unobserved Heterogeneity.