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# Not Learning from Others

## Details

**Authors** Conlon et al.

**Year** 2026

**Publisher** Journal of Political Economy

**Discipline** Economics

[Read it at the publisher](https://doi.org/10.1086/743914) 
10.1086/743914

## In authors' words

### What they found (results)

Across lab experiments (Chennai n=500, plus UK/US replications), participants' guesses respond 54% less to a partner's uncovered signal than to their own identical-quality signal (p<0.01), rising to 86% less when the partner's information is directly and perfectly communicated.

## Commentary

### In short

The same information is weighted differently depending on whose vantage point it came from (self versus other), showing that belief-updating is perspective-relative rather than source-invariant.

**Patterns it shows** P

**Added** 2026-09-04

**How to cite this** Conlon et al. (2026). Not Learning from Others. Journal of Political Economy.