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Gossip: Identifying Central Individuals in a Social Network

Banerjee, Abhijit; Chandrasekhar, Arun G; Duflo, Esther; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

Can we identify the members of a community who are best- placed to diffuse information simply by asking a random sample of in- dividuals? We show that boundedly-rational individuals can, simply by tracking sources of gossip, identify those who are most central in a network according to...

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Density, Social Networks and Job Search Methods: Theory and Application to Egypt

Wahba, Jackline; Zenou, Yves - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003

The aim of this Paper is to study the impact of the size and the quality of social networks on the probability of … network. We show that, conditional on being employed, the probability of finding a job through social networks - relative to …

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Incentives and Stability Of International Climate Coalitions: An Integrated Assessment

Bosetti, Valentina; Carraro, Carlo; De Cian, Enrica; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

This paper analyses the incentives to participate in and the stability of international climate coalitions. Using the integrated assessment model WITCH, the analysis of coalitions’ profitability and stability is performed under alternative assumptions concerning the pure rate of time...

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Behind the GATE Experiment: Evidence on Effects of and Rationales for Subsidized Entrepreneurship Training

Fairlie, Robert W; Karlan, Dean S.; Zinman, Jonathan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

We use randomized program offers and multiple follow-up survey waves to examine the effects of entrepreneurship training on a broad set of outcomes. Training increases short run business ownership and employment, but there is no evidence of broader or longer run effects. We also test whether...

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Social Networks

De Martí, Joan; Zenou, Yves - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

We survey the literature on social networks by putting together the economics, sociological and physics … network formation. While the physics/applied mathematics approach is capable of reproducing most observed networks, it does … not explain why they emerge. On the contrary, the economics approach is very precise in explaining why networks emerge but …

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Do the 'Three-Point Victory' and 'Golden Goal' Rules Make Soccer More Exciting? A Theoretical Analysis of a Simple Game

Brocas, Isabelle; Carrillo, Juan D - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

This note argues that a rigorous application of simple game theory may provide unambiguous yet non-trivial theoretical insights about the behaviour of players in simple games. This contrasts with a commonly held view that many predictions in applied game theory are either obvious or...

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Privatization, Risk-Taking, and the Communist Firm

Demougin, Dominique; Sinn, Hans-Werner - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1993

This paper studies alternative methods of privatizing a formerly communist firm in the presence of imperfect risk markets. The methods include cash sales, a give-away scheme, and a participation contract where the government retains a sleeping fractional ownership in the firm. It is shown that...

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Enterprise Restructuring in Transition: A Quantitative Survey

Djankov, Simeon; Murrell, Peter - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

We survey the empirical literature analysing the process of enterprise restructuring in transition economies. The survey provides new insights into the relative effectiveness of different reform policies, and into how this effectiveness varies across regions. We study the effects of...

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Long Run Impacts of Income Shocks: Wine and Phylloxera in 19th Century France

Banerjee, Abhijit; Duflo, Esther; Postel-Vinay, Gilles; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

This paper provides estimates of the long-term effects on height and health of a large income shock experienced in early childhood. Phylloxera, an insect that attacks the roots of grape vines, destroyed 40% of French vineyards between 1863 and 1890, causing major income losses among wine growing...

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Technology Transfer and Spillovers in International Joint Ventures

Müller, Thomas; Schnitzer, Monika - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003

This paper analyzes the effects of a potential spillover on technology transfer of a multinational enterprise and on the host country policy. In particular, we examine how both parties’ incentives can be controlled through the ownership structure in an international joint venture. In contrast...

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