Many types of economic and social activities involve significant behavioral complementarities (peer effects) with neighbors in the social network. The same activities often exert externalities that cumulate in "stocks" affecting agents' welfare and incentives. For instance, smoking is subject to...

We investigate the effect of different procedures for assigning decision-making roles for the distribution of collective resources using a dictator game. Three role allocation procedures are tested, namely random, meritocratic, and favouritism. We contribute to the literature by employing an...

Smoking, like many health-related behaviors, has "social" aspects. The smoking habits of my neighbors are likely to shape my own smoking habits, due to what is known in economics as “peer effects.” These complementarities in behavior may result from emulation, joint consumption, conformism,...