TY  - JOUR
AU  - Manski,Charles F.
TI  - Economic Analysis of Social Interactions
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 7580
PY  - 2000
Y2  - March 2000
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w7580
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w7580.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
Charles F. Manski
Department of Economics
Northwestern University
2001 Sheridan Road
Evanston, IL  60208
Tel: 847/491-8223
Fax: 847/491-7001
E-Mail: cfmanski@northwestern.edu
AB  - Economists have long been ambivalent about whether the discipline should focus on the analysis of markets or should be concerned with social interactions more generally.  Recently the discipline has sought to broaden its scope while maintaining the rigor of modern economic analysis.  Major theoretical developments in game theory, the economics of the family, and endogenous growth theory have taken place.  Economists have also performed new empirical research on social interactions, but the empirical literature does not show progress comparable to that achieved in economic theory.  This paper examines why and discusses how economists might make sustained contributions to the empirical analysis of social interactions.
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