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Reciprocal attention and norm of reciprocity in blogging networks
Gaudeul, Alexia; Peroni, Chiara - 2010
Bloggers devote significant time not only producing content for others to read, watch or listen to, but also paying attention to and engaging in interactions with other bloggers. We hope to throw light not only on the factors that gain bloggers significant readership and lively interactions with...
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Body image and food disorders: evidence from a sample of European women
Costa-Font, Joan; Jofre-Bonet, Mireia - 2008
behaviours. We estimate the influence of peers' image on the likelihood of anorexia and self-image using data from a cross …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264449
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The Effect of Sorority Membership on Eating Disorders and Body Mass Index
Averett, Susan; Terrizzi, Sabrina; Yang Wang Terrizzi, … - 2013
Eating disorders affect 12-25% of college women. Previous research established a positive correlation between sorority membership and eating disorders. We investigate a possible causal link between sororities and weight-related behaviors and eating disorders using data from the American College...
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The role of reciprocation in social network formation, with an application to blogging
Gaudeul, Alexia; Giannetti, Caterina - 2012
This paper deals with the role of reciprocation in the formation of individuals' social networks. We follow the activity of a panel of bloggers over more than a year and investigate the extent to which initiating a relation brings about its reciprocation. We adapt a standard capital investment...
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Acculturational Homophily in Friendships based on English-Name Usage: A Natural Experiment
Xu, Dafeng - 2015
This paper examines acculturational homophily in friendships of international students. Acculturation (also known as cultural assimilation) is measured by English-name usage. I use data from Renren.com, a Facebook-type social networking site based in China. The sample consists of students who...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011400543
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Friendship network composition and subjective wellbeing
Awaworyi Churchill, Sefa; Smyth, Russell - 2017
heterogeneity in one’s friendship network and subjective wellbeing. We measure network heterogeneity by the extent to which one …’s friends are similar to oneself with regard to ethnicity and religion. We find that people who have friendship networks with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011648122
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Do Friendship Networks Improve Female Education?
Hahn, Youjin; Islam, Asadul; Patacchini, Eleonora; … - 2017
that random groups with identical compositions to those of friendship groups do not produce similar effects. Our study thus …
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Friends or strangers? Strategic uncertainty and coordination across experimental games of strategic complements and substitutes
Chierchia, Gabriele; Tufano, Fabio; Coricelli, Giorgio - 2018
It is commonly assumed that friendship should generally benefit agents' ability to tacitly coordinate with others …. Friendship thus appears to have a very different impact on coordination games involving strategic complements and substitutes. We … further investigate the role of interpersonal similarities and friendship qualities in this differential impact. …
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Friends or strangers? Strategic uncertainty and cooperation across experimental games of strategic complements and substitutes
Chierchia, Gabriele; Tufano, Fabio; Coricelli, Giorgio - 2017
It is commonly assumed that friendship should decrease strategic uncertainty in games involving tacit coordination … friendship qualities on friendship's differential impact on uncertainty across games of strategic complements and substitutes. …
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Kinship and frindship in a trust game with third party punishment
Vollan, Björn - 2008
This paper reports on a set of trust games with third party punishment (TPP) where participants are either family members or friends or unrelated villagers. The experimental sessions were carried out in southern Namibia (Karas) and the bordering northern South Africa (Namaqualand). The aim was...
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