Identification of peer effects using group size variation

Econometrics Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 397-413

  Davezies, Laurent ^a   D'Haultfoeuille, Xavier ^a   Fougère, Denis ^a,b,c,d  

^a Institut National de la Statistique et des etudes economiques   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^d IZA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Linear in means model; Semiparametric identification; Social interactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649522757     PISSN: 13684221     EISSN: 1368423X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1368-423X.2009.00296.x     Document Type: Article

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