@techreport{NBERt0203,
 title = "Statistical Mechanics Approaches to Socioeconomic Behavior",
 author = "Steven N. Durlauf",
 institution = "National Bureau of Economic Research",
 type = "Working Paper",
 series = "Technical Working Paper Series",
 number = "203",
 year = "1996",
 month = "September",
 URL = "http://www.nber.org/papers/t0203",
 abstract = {This paper provides a unified framework for interpreting a wide range of interactions models which have appeared in the economics literature.  A formalization taken from the statistical mechanics literature is shown to encompass a number of socioeconomic phenomena ranging from out of wedlock births to aggregate output to crime.  The framework bears a close relationship to econometric models of discrete choice and therefore holds the potential for rendering interactions models estimable.  A number of new applications of statistical mechanics to socioeconomic problems are suggested.},
}