We investigate the dynamics of coordination and consensus in an agent population.
Considering agents endowed with bounded rationality, we study asymmetric coordination …

I study the impact identity change (assimilation) has on economic mobility. I experimentally
assign people to different group identities, majority or minority, before they interact in a …

Within the economic literature, studies in identity economics, peer effects, and skill
development have all suggested that social influences have an important role in determining …

There is extensive evidence documenting the economic consequences of discrimination
patterns between individuals belonging to the same or different group identities. However …

Two of the main factors shaping an individual's opinion are social coordination and personal
preferences, or personal biases. To understand the role of those and that of the topology of …

Previous research has examined how endogenous network formation decisions affect
consensus or segregation in coordination games with asymmetric payoffs. Agents were …

Many companies create and manage communities where consumers observe and
exchange information about the effort exerted by other consumers. Such communities are …

This article studies coalition formation among individuals who differ in productivity. We
consider egalitarian societies in which coalitions split their surplus equally and …

We propose a social learning model where agents choose who to communicate with based
on the trade-off between collecting information and influencing others' actions. Like-minded …

Managing diversity is a challenging problem for organizations and governments. Diversity in
a population may be of two kinds—acquired and innate. The former refers to diversity …