Recent research in economics, psychology, and political science describes the 'bandwagon effect' - or alternatively 'contagion effect' - as a general cultural phenomenon or bias in which the rate at ...

WHEN birds fly together, they purposively either take advantage of the strategic aerodynamic V-shaped skein formation or through a flock called murmuration to intimidate a predator. Humans are less ...

CHICAGO, Jan 25 (Reuters) - During a market crisis, when everyone wants to jump off the ship in the same leaky lifeboats, that doesn't bode well for most individual investors, who simply want to ...

Let me begin this week by paraphrasing the great customs inspector Herman Melville: Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth, whenever it is a damp and drizzly November in my soul, then I ...

Usually we sneer, or at least look askance, at those “bandwagon” fans who become interested in a team just as it reaches the big stage. The normal inclination is to ask, “Well, where were you during ...

Recent research in economics, psychology, and political science describes the 'bandwagon effect' - or alternatively 'contagion effect' - as a general cultural phenomenon or bias in which the rate at ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Bryce Hoffman writes about leadership, strategy, and decision making. Do you ever find yourself doing something simply because ...