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Unpacking Social Interactions

Ethan Cohen-Cole
University of Maryland - College Park

Giulio Zanella
University of Siena

Economic Inquiry, Forthcoming
FRB of Boston Quantitative Analysis Unit Working Paper No. QAU07-4

Abstract:
As empirical work in identifying social effects becomes more prevalent, researchers are beginning to struggle with identifying the composition of social interactions within any given reference group. In this paper, we present a simple econometric methodology for the separate identification of multiple social interactions. The setting under which we achieve separation is special, but is likely to be appropriate in many applications.

Keywords: Social Interactions, Conflation Problems

JEL Classifications: Z13

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Date posted: April 28, 2007 ; Last revised: March 18, 2009

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Cohen-Cole, Ethan and Zanella, Giulio, Unpacking Social Interactions. Economic Inquiry, Forthcoming; FRB of Boston Quantitative Analysis Unit Working Paper No. QAU07-4. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=981527

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Ethan Cohen-Cole (Contact Author) University of Maryland - College Park ( email ) Robert H. Smith School of Business Van Munching Hall College Park, MD 20742 United States
Giulio Zanella University of Siena ( email ) Piazza San Francesco 7 Siena 53100 Italy

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Date posted: April 28, 2007 ; Last revised: March 18, 2009

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Ethan Cohen-Cole (Contact Author)

Giulio Zanella