Abstract
In a social network, agents have their own reference group which may influence their behaviour. In turn, the agents’ attributes and their behaviour affect the formation and the structure of the social network. This paper surveys the econometric literature on both aspects of social networks, and discusses the identification and estimation issues they raise.
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We thank Habiba Djebbari and Marcel Fafchamps for helpful comments.
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Bramoullé, Y., Fortin, B. (2018). Social Networks: Econometrics. In: The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-95189-5_2902
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