Over the last decade, the study of social interactions in economic decision making has
become an important area of research. The main objective of this paper is to survey the …

This paper presents an empirical analysis of the importance of 'comparison income'for
individual well-being or happiness. In other words, the influence of the income of a reference …

The paper extends the standard tax evasion model by allowing for social interactions. In
Manski's [Manski, CF (1993). Identification of Endogenous Social Effects: The Reflection …

Many years of concerted policy effort in Western countries has not prevented young people
from experimenting with cigarettes, alcohol and marijuana. One potential explanation is that …

A consumer's preference for an offering can be influenced by the preferences of others in
many ways, ranging from social identification and inclusion to the benefits of network …

The authors test the hypothesis that individual effort on the job depends both on one's own
income and on the individual's position in the relevant income distribution. Combining …

We develop an empirical discrete‐choice interaction model with a finite number of agents.
We characterize its equilibrium properties—in particular the correspondence between …

For much of the last two decades, debate around the proposal of a universal basic income
(BI) centered on arguing the ethical and economic case for instituting a policy that grants …

This paper addresses two important issues: the nature of the reference group to which
individuals compare themselves, and the implications of social comparisons for labour …

In the first part of the paper, I analyze a data set on teenage behavior. The data is a sample
of high school students in The Netherlands and contains information on teenage time use …