Aggregation of opinions in networks of individuals and collectives

Crès, Hervé and Tvede, Mich (2022) Aggregation of opinions in networks of individuals and collectives. Journal of Economic Theory, 199. ISSN 0022-0531

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Abstract

We study the formation of opinions in a bipartite network of firms' boards and directors theoretically. A director and a board are connected provided the director is a board member. Opinions are sets of beliefs about the likelihood of different states of the world tomorrow. Our basic assumption is that boards as well as directors aggregate opinions of each other: a production plan is better than another for a board (director) provided every director (board of which she is a member) finds it better. Opinions are stable provided aggregation does not result in revision of opinions. We show that for connected networks: opinions are stable if and only if they are unambiguous and identical; and repeated aggregation leads to stable opinions. Hence, there will eventually be a single society-wide intersubjective "truth".

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	boards,directors,networks,pareto principle,economics and econometrics ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2000/2002
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Economics
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Economic Theory
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Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	18 Jun 2021 00:08
Last Modified:	18 Aug 2023 08:30
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/80291
DOI:	10.1016/j.jet.2021.105305

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