Identification of Social Interactions

Lawrence Blume, William Brock, Steven Durlauf and Yannis Ioannides

No 754, Discussion Papers Series, Department of Economics, Tufts University from Department of Economics, Tufts University

Abstract: While interest in social determinants of individual behavior has led to a rich theoretical literature and many efforts to measure these influences, a mature "social econometrics" has yet to emerge. This chapter provides a critical overview of the identification of social interactions. We consider linear and discrete choice models as well as social network structures. We also consider experimental and quasi-experimental methods. In addition to describing the state of the identification literature, we indicate areas where additional research is especially needed and suggest some directions that appear to be especially promising.

Keywords: social interactions; social networks; identification (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C21 C23 C31 C35 C72 Z13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-ecm, nep-ltv, nep-net and nep-soc
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