The estimation of neighborhood effects in the social sciences: An interdisciplinary approach

Social Science Research

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 539-575

  Dietz, Robert D ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Endogenous effects; Neighborhood effects; Peer effects and spatial economics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036957777     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0049-089X(02)00005-4     Document Type: Article

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