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@article{Yariv08, author = {Yariv, Leeat and Jackson, Matthew O.}, booktitle = {Handbook of Social Economics}, citeulike-article-id = {6016778}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.hss.caltech.edu/~lyariv/Papers/DiffusionChapter.pdf}, comment = {"First, not only are behaviors across socially connected individuals corre- lated, but individuals do in fact in‡uence each other. While this may sound straightforward, it takes careful control to ensure that it is not unobserved correlated traits or in‡uences that lead to similar actions by connected individuals. Second, in various settings, more so- cially connected individuals adopt new behaviors and products earlier and at higher rates. Third, di¤usion exhibits speci…c patterns over time, and speci…cally there are many settings where an S-shaped pattern emerges, with adoption starting slowly, then accelerating, and eventually asymptoting."}, editor = {Benhabib and Bisin and Jackson}, keywords = {contagion, diffusion, dynamics, economics, epidemics, experiments, homophily, information\_diffusion, information\_spread, innovation, networks, social\_structures}, posted-at = {2009-10-27 20:39:53}, priority = {2}, publisher = {Elsevier}, title = {Diffusion, Strategic Interaction, and Social Structure}, url = {http://www.hss.caltech.edu/~lyariv/Papers/DiffusionChapter.pdf}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - Yariv08 L3 - citeulike-article-id:6016778 TI - Diffusion, Strategic Interaction, and Social Structure PB - Elsevier T2 - Handbook of Social Economics KW - contagion KW - diffusion KW - dynamics KW - economics KW - epidemics KW - experiments KW - homophily KW - information_diffusion KW - information_spread KW - innovation KW - networks KW - social_structures N1 - "First, not only are behaviors across socially connected individuals corre- lated, but individuals do in fact in‡uence each other. While this may sound straightforward, it takes careful control to ensure that it is not unobserved correlated traits or in‡uences that lead to similar actions by connected individuals. Second, in various settings, more so- cially connected individuals adopt new behaviors and products earlier and at higher rates. Third, di¤usion exhibits speci…c patterns over time, and speci…cally there are many settings where an S-shaped pattern emerges, with adoption starting slowly, then accelerating, and eventually asymptoting." AU - Yariv, Leeat AU - Jackson, Matthew A2 - Benhabib A2 - Bisin A2 - Jackson PY - 2008/// UR - http://www.hss.caltech.edu/~lyariv/Papers/DiffusionChapter.pdf ER -