Community size and network closure

American Economic Review

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 80-85

  Allcott, Hunt ^a,b   Karlan, Dean ^c   Möbius, Markus M ^b,d   Rosenblat, Tanya S ^e   Szeidl, Adam ^f  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 34547335687     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.97.2.80     Document Type: Conference Paper

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