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mineral mines and exogenous time variation in world mineral prices. Our results show that road and ethnic connectivity are …
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mineral mines and exogenous time variation in world mineral prices. Our results show that road and ethnic connectivity are …
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mineral mines and exogenous time variation in world mineral prices. Our results show that road and ethnic connectivity are …
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We develop a model where information about jobs is essentially obtained through friends and relatives, i.e. strong and weak ties. Workers commute to a business center to work and to interact with other people. We find that housing prices increase with the level of social interactions in the city...
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empirical tests of the key player policy in a real world setting. This policy defines a micro-founded strategy for removing the … theoretical predictions of the key player policy with real world outcomes. By focusing on networks for which the key player has … disappeared over time, we show that the theoretical predicted crime reduction is close to what is observed in the real world. We …
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This paper studies how the strength of social ties are affected by the geographical location of other individuals and their social capital. We characterize the equilibrium in terms of both social interactions and social capital. We show that lower travel costs increase not only the interaction...
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We study spillover effects within co-offending networks by leveraging deaths of co-offenders for causal identification. Our results demonstrate that the death of a co-offender significantly reduces the criminal activities of other network members. We observe a decaying pattern in the magnitude...
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