Centre for Economic Performance 21st Birthday Lecture Series
Date: Monday 28 November 2011
Time: 6.30-8pm
Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building
Speaker: Professor Andrew Oswald
Chair: Professor Richard Layard
Herd behaviour is often natural and individually rational, but it has the potential to be disastrous for the group. In this lecture, Andrew Oswald will discuss human herd behaviour and its links to 'keeping up with the Joneses'.
Andrew Oswald is professor of economics at Warwick University, a visiting fellow at IZA
Bonn and an editor of the journal Science.
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