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Gossip: Identifying Central Individuals in a Social Network
Banerjee, Abhijit; Chandrasekhar, Arun G; Duflo, Esther; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014
Can we identify the members of a community who are best- placed to diffuse information simply by asking a random sample of in- dividuals? We show that boundedly-rational individuals can, simply by tracking sources of gossip, identify those who are most central in a network according to...
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Density, Social Networks and Job Search Methods: Theory and Application to Egypt
Wahba, Jackline; Zenou, Yves - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003
The aim of this Paper is to study the impact of the size and the quality of social networks on the probability of … network. We show that, conditional on being employed, the probability of finding a job through social networks - relative to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005666629
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Incentives and Stability Of International Climate Coalitions: An Integrated Assessment
Bosetti, Valentina; Carraro, Carlo; De Cian, Enrica; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
This paper analyses the incentives to participate in and the stability of international climate coalitions. Using the integrated assessment model WITCH, the analysis of coalitions’ profitability and stability is performed under alternative assumptions concerning the pure rate of time...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011083407
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Behind the GATE Experiment: Evidence on Effects of and Rationales for Subsidized Entrepreneurship Training
Fairlie, Robert W; Karlan, Dean S.; Zinman, Jonathan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
We use randomized program offers and multiple follow-up survey waves to examine the effects of entrepreneurship training on a broad set of outcomes. Training increases short run business ownership and employment, but there is no evidence of broader or longer run effects. We also test whether...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011084448
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Do the 'Three-Point Victory' and 'Golden Goal' Rules Make Soccer More Exciting? A Theoretical Analysis of a Simple Game
Brocas, Isabelle; Carrillo, Juan D - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002
This note argues that a rigorous application of simple game theory may provide unambiguous yet non-trivial theoretical insights about the behaviour of players in simple games. This contrasts with a commonly held view that many predictions in applied game theory are either obvious or...
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Social Networks
De Martí, Joan; Zenou, Yves - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009
We survey the literature on social networks by putting together the economics, sociological and physics … network formation. While the physics/applied mathematics approach is capable of reproducing most observed networks, it does … not explain why they emerge. On the contrary, the economics approach is very precise in explaining why networks emerge but …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008557014
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Privatization, Risk-Taking, and the Communist Firm
Demougin, Dominique; Sinn, Hans-Werner - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1993
This paper studies alternative methods of privatizing a formerly communist firm in the presence of imperfect risk markets. The methods include cash sales, a give-away scheme, and a participation contract where the government retains a sleeping fractional ownership in the firm. It is shown that...
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The Impact of Financial Education for Youth in Ghana
Berry, James; Karlan, Dean S.; Pradhan, Menno - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015
We evaluate, using a randomized trial, two school-based financial literacy education programs in government-run primary and junior high schools in Ghana. One program integrated financial and social education, whereas the second program only offered financial education. Both programs included a...
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Why Do Mothers Breastfeed Girls Less Than Boys? Evidence and Implications for Child Health in India
Jayachandran, Seema; Kuziemko, Ilyana - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009
Medical research indicates that breastfeeding suppresses post-natal fertility. We model the implications for breastfeeding decisions and test the model's predictions using survey data from India. First, we find that breastfeeding increases with birth order, since mothers near or beyond their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005016242
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Can Market Failure Cause Political Failure
Aney, Madhav; Ghatak, Maitreesh; Morelli, Massimo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
We study how inefficiencies of market failure may be further amplified by political choices made by interest groups created in the inefficient market. We take an occupational choice framework, where agents are endowed heterogeneously with wealth and talent. In our model, market failure due to...
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