Estimating the neighborhood influence on decision makers: Theory and an application on the analysis of innovation decisions

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 97-113

  Hautsch, Nikolaus ^a   Klotz, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Decision models; Discrete choice; Euclidean measure; Social space; Spatial econometrics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038309661     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-2681(02)00166-X     Document Type: Article

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