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Dissonance Minimization as a Microfoundation of Social Influence in Models of Opinion Formation

PATRICK GROEBER Chair of Systems Design, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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JAN LORENZ Chair of Systems Design, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Institute for Social Sciences, Carl-von-Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany; Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences, Jacobs University Bremen, Bremen, GermanyCorrespondence[email protected]
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FRANK SCHWEITZER Chair of Systems Design, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Pages 147-174 | Published online: 19 Jun 2014

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