Peer and selection effects on youth smoking in California

Journal of Business and Economic Statistics

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 288-298

  Krauth, Brian V ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Binary games; Peer effects; Simulation based estimation; Social interactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547214004     PISSN: 07350015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/073500106000000396     Document Type: Article

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