Steven Durlauf - University of Wisconsin
SEMINAR HAS BEEN CANCELED
Date: 11/01/2012 (Thu)
Time: 3:30pm- 5:00pm
Location: Seminar will be held on-site: Social Sciences 111
Organizer: Joe Hotz
Meeting Schedule: Login or email the organizer to schedule a meeting.
All meetings will be held in the same location as the seminar unless otherwise noted.
12:30pm - Lunch with Econ Students (Ryan Brown, Kalina Staub, ) at Faculty Commons
1:30pm - Peter Arcidiacono
2:00pm - DuPRI Students
2:30pm - Weiwei Hu, Mike Dalton
3:00pm - Pat Bayer (happy to share slot with someone)
3:30pm - Seminar Presentation (3:30pm to 5:00pm)
5:00pm - Reception (Breedlove Room, Perkins Library)
6:30pm - Dinner with Joe Hotz, Rachel Kranton, ...
Additional Comments: ABSTRACT: This paper provides a systematic analysis of identification in linear social networks models. This is both a theoretical and an econometric exercise in that it links identification analysis to a rigorously delineated model of interdependent decisions. We develop a Bayes-Nash equilibrium analysis for interdependent decisions under incomplete information in networks that produces linear strategy profiles of the type conventionally used in empirical work and which nests linear social interactions models as a special case. We consider identification of both contextual and endogenous social effects under alternative assumptions on the a priori information on network structure available to an analyst and contrast the informational content of individual-level and aggregated data.