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The Economic Consequences of Social Network Structure
Jackson, Matthew O.; Rogers, Brian; Zenou, Yves - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015
We survey the literatures on the economic consequences of the structure of social networks. We develop a taxonomy of 'macro' and 'micro' characteristics of social inter-action networks and discuss both the theoretical and empirical findings concerning the role of those characteristics in...
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Neighborhood and Network Effects
Topa, Giorgio; Zenou, Yves - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014
peer, neighborhood and network effects and the policy implications of integrating the social and the geographical space …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011083837
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Social Networks
De Martí, Joan; Zenou, Yves - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009
network formation. While the physics/applied mathematics approach is capable of reproducing most observed networks, it does …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008557014
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Social Interactions and the Labor Market
Zenou, Yves - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
other and we show that an equilibrium with a clustering of workers with the same status is likely to emerge since, in the … outside ego's network and therefore offer new sources of information on job opportunities. We then discuss some policy …
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Peer Effects in Education, Sport, and Screen Activities: Local Aggregate or Local Average?
Liu, Xiaodong; Patacchini, Eleonora; Zenou, Yves - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
We develop two different social network models with different economic foundations. In the local-aggregate model, it is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009205066
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Juvenile Delinquency and Conformism
Patacchini, Eleonora; Zenou, Yves - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009
This paper studies whether conformism behavior affects individual outcomes in crime. We present a social network model … then bring the model to the data by using a very detailed dataset of adolescent friendship networks. A novel social network …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008491720
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Smiling is a Costly Signal of Cooperation Opportunities: Experimental Evidence from a Trust Game
Centorrino, Samuele; Djemai, Elodie; Hopfensitz, Astrid; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
We test the hypothesis that "genuine" or "convincing" smiling is a costly signal that has evolved to induce cooperation in situations requiring mutual trust. Potential trustees in a trust game made video clips for viewing by potential trusters before the latter decided whether to send them...
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Key Players
Zenou, Yves - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014
targeting a set of network nodes that are optimally positioned to quickly diffuse information, attitudes, behaviors or goods. We … targeting the most active agents in a network. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011096104
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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
who are most central in a network according to "diffusion centrality", which nests other standard centrality measures … diffusion central (not just those with many friends). Moreover, these nominees are more central in the network than traditional …
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Peer Effects: Social Multiplier or Social Norms?
Liu, Xiaodong; Patacchini, Eleonora; Zenou, Yves - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
We develop an unified model embedding different behavioral mechanisms of social interactions and design a statistical model selection test to discriminate between them in empirical applications. This framework is applied to study peer effects in education and delinquent behavior for adolescents...
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