Keeping up with the neighbors: Social interaction in a market economy

Journal of the European Economic Association

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 90-119

  Ghiglino, Christian ^a   Goyal, Sanjeev ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 76349084509     PISSN: 15424766     EISSN: 15424774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jeea.2010.8.1.90     Document Type: Article

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