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English term or phrase:
bandwagon effect
Greek translation:
φαινόμενο συμπεριφοράς αγέλης
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bandwagon effect
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Definition from
WordNet:
The phenomenon of a popular trend attracting even greater popularity.
Example sentences:
Schmitt-Beck (1996) went further and hypothesized that media’s publishing of the electoral strengths of parties and candidates, which he documented through content analysis, would contribute to shaping voters’ expectations and stimulate a bandwagon effect. (OhioLINK ETDs)
But the experimental data tend to contradict the notion of the bandwagon effect as a rational partisan strategy. (Jim Schnabel)
On the other hand, if McCain surges in the polls in the last few days before the election, the bandwagon effect could have voters reconsidering and jumping off the Obama train. (Yahoo! News)
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φαινόμενο συμπεριφοράς αγέλης
Σύμφωνα με wikipedia το bandwagon effect είναι απόρροια του ενστίκτου αγέλης (herding).
Definition from
own experience or research:
αγέλη - πλήθος ανθρώπων χωρίς πρωτοβουλία, που παρασύρεται
Example sentences:
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search The bandwagon effect, also known as the "cromo effect" and closely related to opportunism, is a phenomenon—observed primarily within the fields of microeconomics, political science, and behaviorism—that people often do and believe things merely because many other people do and believe the same things. The effect is often called herd instinct, though strictly speaking this effect is a result of herd instinct. The bandwagon effect is the reason for the bandwagon fallacy (wikipedia)
Σκοπός της παρούσας μελέτης είναι αρχικά να ορίσει και να περιγράψει την παρατηρούμενη συμπεριφορά της αγέλης, η οποία παρουσιάζεται τόσο στους μικροεπενδυτές, όσο και στους επαγγελματίες διαχειριστές χαρτοφυλακίων, καθώς και του ευρύτερου θεωρητικού πλαισίου της Συμπεριφορικής Χρηματοοικονομικής, στο οποίο εντάσσεται. ( www.openarchives)
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