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Social Interaction and Stock-Market Participation
Hong, Harrison - 2001
admits the possibility of multiple social equilibria. We then test the theory using data from the Health and Retirement Study …
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Self-Confidence and Social Interactions
Benabou, Roland - 2000
as stressed by psychologists in that they undermine intrinsic motivation. As a result, they may be only weak reinforcers … in the short run, and become negative reinforcers once withdrawn. Similarly, empowerment is likely to increase motivation …
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Economic Analysis of Social Interactions
Manski, Charles F. - 2000
rigor of modern economic analysis. Major theoretical developments in game theory, the economics of the family, and … endogenous growth theory have taken place. Economists have also performed new empirical research on social interactions, but the … empirical literature does not show progress comparable to that achieved in economic theory. This paper examines why and …
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Crime and Social Interactions
Glaeser, Edward L. - 1995
The high degree of variance of crime rates across space (and across time) is one of the oldest puzzles in the social sciences (see Quetelet (1835)). Our empirical work strongly suggests that this variance is not the result of observed or unobserved geographic attributes. This paper presents a...
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A Theory of Social Interactions
Becker, Gary S. - 1974
This essay incorporates a general treatment of social interactions into the modern theory of consumer demand. Section 1 …
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Demand and Welfare Analysis in Discrete Choice Models with Social Interactions
Bhattacharya, Debopam - 2019
Many real-life settings of consumer-choice involve social interactions, causing targeted policies to have spillover-effects. This paper develops novel empirical tools for analyzing demand and welfare-effects of policy-interventions in binary choice settings with social interactions. Examples...
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Happiness at Different Ages : The Social Context Matters
Helliwell, John F. - 2018
This paper uses a variety of individual-level survey data from several countries to test for interactions between subjective well-being at different ages and variables measuring the nature and quality of the social context at work, at home, and in the community. While earlier studies have found...
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Information and the Acquisition of Social Network Connections
Barsbai, Toman - 2020
How do information interventions affect individual efforts to expand social networks? We study a randomized controlled trial of a program providing information on settling in the U.S. for new immigrants from the Philippines. Improved information leads new immigrants to acquire fewer new social...
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Adoption Curves and Social Interactions
Brock, William A. - 2009
This paper considers the observational implications of social influences on adoption decisions for an environment of perfect foresight adopters. We argue that social influences can produce two observable effects: 1) discontinuities in unconditional adoption curves and 2) pattern reversals in...
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Interpersonal Styles and Labor Market Outcomes
Borghans, Lex - 2007
This paper develops a framework to understand the role of interpersonal interactions in the labor market including task assignment and wages. Effective interpersonal interactions involve caring, to establish cooperation, and at the same time directness, to communicate in an unambiguous way. The...
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