Methods of Identification in Social Networks

Annual Review of Economics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 465-485

  Graham, Bryan S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Heterogeneity; Homophily; Peer effects; Strategic network formation; Transitivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930088076     PISSN: 19411383     EISSN: 19411391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-economics-080614-115611     Document Type: Article

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