edited by Jess Benhabib, Alberto Bisin, Matthew O. Jackson
EDITION STATEMENT
Edition Statement
1st. ed
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
London :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
North Holland,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2011
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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2 v. (continuous pagination) :
Other Physical Details
ill. ;
Dimensions
25 cm
SERIES
Series Title
Handbooks in economics
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index
CONTENTS NOTE
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V. 1A. Pt. 1. Social preferences -- Pt. 2. Social actions -- V. 1B. Pt. 3. Peer and neighborhood effects
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V. 1A. Pt. 1. Social preferences. Nature and nurture effects on children's outcomes : what have we learned from studies of twins and adoptees? / Bruce Sacerdote -- Social norms and preferences / Andrew Postlewaite -- Preferences for status : evidence and economic implications / Ori Heffetz and Robert H. Frank -- Preferences for redistribution / Alberto Alesina and Paola Giuliano -- Theories of statistical discrimination and affirmative action : a survey / Hanming Fang and Andrea Moro -- Social construction of preferences : advertising / Jess Benhabib and Alberto Bisin -- The evolutionary foundations of preference / Arthur J. Robinson and Larry Samuelson -- Social norms / Mary A Burke and H. Peyton Young -- The economics of cultural transmission and socialization / Alberto Bisin and Thierry Verdier -- Civic capital as the missing link / Luigi Guiso, Paola Sapienza, and Luigi Zingales -- Does culture matter? / Raquel Fernández -- Pt. 2. Social actions. An overview of social networks and economic applications / Matthew O. Jackson -- Local interactions / Onur Özgür -- Diffusion, strategic interaction, and social structure / Matthew O. Jackson and Leeat Yariv -- Learning in networks / Sanjeev Goyal -- Formation of networks and coalitions / Francis Bloch and Bhaskar Dutta -- Matching, allocation, and exchange of discrete resources / Tayfun Sönmez and M. Utku Ünver -- V. 1B. Pt. 3. Peer and neighborhood effects. Identification of social interactions / Lawrence E. Blume, William A. Brock, Steven N. Durlauf, Yannis M. Ioannides -- Econometric methods for the analysis of assignment problems in the presence of complementarity and social spillovers / Bryan S. Graham -- Peer effects in education : a survey of the theory and evidence / Dennis Epple and Richard E. Romano -- The importance of segregation, discrimination, peer dynamics, and identity in explaining trends in the racial achievement gap / Roland G. Fryer, Jr. -- Labor markets and referrals / Giorgio Topa -- Labor and credit networks in developing economies / Kaivan Munshi -- Risk sharing between households / Marcel Fafchamps -- Neighborhood effects and housing / Yannis M. Ioannides