Abstract
The study of social networks has become an important part of the economics tool kit. Modeling agents as independent actors misses the countless ways in which actions are shaped by the traits, beliefs and decisions of their peers. Similarly, in order to measure general equilibrium effects of a policy intervention, it is crucial to understand not only how a beneficiary is affected directly, but how an intervention spills over to others in the agent’s community.
Full Citation
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“Field Experiments, Social Networks, and Development.”
In Oxford Handbook on the Economics of Networks,
edited by Yann Bramoulle, Andrea Galeotti, and Brian Rogers,
Oxford, UK:
Oxford University Press,
Forthcoming.