GMM estimation of social interaction models with centrality

Journal of Econometrics

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 99-115

  Liu, Xiaodong ^a   Lee, Lung Fei ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Centrality; Efficiency; GMM; Social network; Spatial autoregressive model

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTICALLY EFFICIENT; AUTO REGRESSIVE MODELS; CENTRALITY; CENTRALITY MEASURES; FIXED EFFECTS; GMM; GMM ESTIMATORS; GROUP MEMBERS; NETWORK STRUCTURES; SAMPLE SIZES; SOCIAL EFFECTS; SOCIAL INTERACTIONS; SOCIAL NETWORKS;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; INSTRUMENTS;

ESTIMATION;

EID: 79956204874     PISSN: 03044076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeconom.2010.04.009     Document Type: Article

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