Economic Inquiry Cohen-Cole/Zanella: Unpacking Social Interactions Unpacking Social Interactions
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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. Ethan Cohen-Cole Federal Reserve Bank of Boston 600 Atlantic Avenue Boston, MA 02210 (617) 973-3294 Email: [email protected] Giulio Zanella University of Siena Department of Economics P.za S. Francesco 7 53100 Siena Italy Email: [email protected] Economic Inquiry Cohen-Cole/Zanella: Unpacking Social Interactions
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