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Handbook of social economics
Title:
Handbook of social economics
Author:
Benhabib, Jess, 1948-
ISBN:
9780444537133

9780444531872

9780444537072
Edition:
1st ed.
Publication Information:
Amsterdam ; London ; Boston : Elsevier/North-Holland, 2011-
Physical Description:
v. <1- > : ill. ; 25 cm.
Series:
Handbooks in economics.
Contents:
V. 1A. pt. I. Social preferences -- pt. II. Social actions -- V. 1B. pt. III. Peer and neighborhood effects.

V. 1A. pt. I. 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 preferences / Arthur J. Robson 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. II. 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. III. Peer and neighborhood effects. Identification of social interactions / Lawrence E. Blume ... [et al.] -- 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.
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