Information Cascades

Information Cascades is a network dynamics phenomenon in which individuals sequentially adopt a behavior or decision based on observing the actions of preceding agents, rather than independently acting on private information, leading to self-reinforcing propagation of information across a social or technological network.

283

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31.3K

Citations

661

Authors

380

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

Variants

Information Cascade

Parents

Network Dynamics

Publications

283

A Theory of Fads, Fashion, Custom, and Cultural Change in Informational Cascades.

Sushil Bikhchandani, David Hirshleifer, Ivo Welch · RePEc: Research Papers in Economics · 6.7K citations

Social Sciences, Psychology, Social Psychology +15

Learning from the Behavior of Others: Conformity, Fads, and Informational Cascades

Sushil Bikhchandani, David Hirshleifer, Ivo Welch · The Journal of Economic Perspectives · 1998 · 1.9K citations · Full text

Social Sciences, Economics, Political Science +17

A Theory of Fads, Fashion, Custom, and Cultural Change as Informational Cascades

Sushil Bikhchandani, David Hirshleifer, Ivo Welch · Journal of Political Economy · 1992 · 1.8K citations · Full text

Social Sciences, Psychology, Social Psychology +15

Inferring networks of diffusion and influence

Manuel Gomez-Rodriguez, Jure Leskovec, Andreas Krause · 2010 · 692 citations

Social Sciences, Data Science, Knowledge Networks +12

Saving Human Lives: What Complexity Science and Information Systems can Contribute

Dirk Helbing, Dirk Brockmann, Thomas Chadefaux et al. · Journal of Statistical Physics · 2014 · 621 citations · Full text

Engineering, Information Systems, Collective Behavior +12

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Authors

661

JL
Jure Leskovec
Stanford University, United States
10 publications · 2.1K citations
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DH
David Hirshleifer
National Bureau of Economic Research, United States
8 publications · 10.6K citations
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SB
Sushil Bikhchandani
University of California, Los Angeles, United States
7 publications · 10.6K citations
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IW
Ivo Welch
University of California, Los Angeles, United States
7 publications · 10.6K citations
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AK
Andreas Krause
ETH Zurich, Switzerland
5 publications · 1.5K citations
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Institutions

380

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Venues

SSRN Electronic Journal
Repository · 19 publications · 728 citations
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arXiv (Cornell University)
Repository · 12 publications · 700 citations
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Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media
8 publications · 377 citations
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Scientific Reports
7 publications · 850 citations
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Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications
7 publications · 489 citations
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