@article{5add0a4c74634d33a18ed0452d1649bc,
title = "Learning by not doing: An experimental investigation of observational learning",
abstract = "We present experimental evidence suggesting that observational learning (i.e., learning-by-not-doing but by observing) may outperform learning-by-doing.",
keywords = "Learning",
author = "Antonio Merlo and Andrew Schotter",
note = "Funding Information: We thank two anonymous referees and an Associate Editor for their useful suggestions. Seminar and conference participants at several institutions provided helpful comments. This paper was completed while Schotter was visiting the Russell Sage Foundation. Their generous hospitality and the support of the C.V. Starr Center are gratefully acknowledged. Meta Brown and Shachar Kariv provided excellent research assistance.",
year = "2003",
month = jan,
doi = "10.1016/S0899-8256(02)00537-7",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "42",
pages = "116--136",
journal = "Games and Economic Behavior",
issn = "0899-8256",
publisher = "Academic Press Inc.",
number = "1",
}