Learning by Not Doing: An Experimental Investigation of Observational Learning

Merlo, Antonio; Schotter, Andrew

doi:10.2139/ssrn.290084

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Learning by Not Doing: An Experimental Investigation of Observational Learning

32 Pages Posted: 8 Nov 2001

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Antonio Merlo

University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics; Rice University

Andrew Schotter

New York University (NYU) - Department of Economics

Date Written: October 2001

Abstract

In this paper we present experimental evidence suggesting that observational learning (i.e. learning by not doing but by observing) may outperform learning by doing.

Keywords: Learning

JEL Classification: C91, D83

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Merlo, Antonio M. and Schotter, Andrew, Learning by Not Doing: An Experimental Investigation of Observational Learning (October 2001). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=290084 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.290084

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