Social networks and externalities from gift exchange: Evidence from a field experiment

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 107, Issue , 2013, Pages 19-30

  Currie, Janet ^a   Lin, Wanchuan ^b   Meng, Juanjuan ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Peking University   (China)

Author keywords

Antibiotics prescription; Externalities; Gift exchange

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884274309     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2013.08.003     Document Type: Article

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