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From Neighborhoods to Nations: The Economics of Social Interactions
Yannis Ioannides
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Description for From Neighborhoods to Nations: The Economics of Social Interactions
Hardback. Explores theoretical and empirical tools that economists use to investigate social interactions, and shows how a familiarity with these tools is essential for interpreting findings. This title examines how researchers address the challenge of separating personal, social, and cultural forces from economic ones. Num Pages: 544 pages, 14 line illus. 7 tables. BIC Classification: KCK; KCS; KCU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 259 x 186 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1156.
Just as we learn from, influence, and are influenced by others, our social interactions drive economic growth in cities, regions, and nations--determining where households live, how children learn, and what cities and firms produce. From Neighborhoods to Nations synthesizes the recent economics of social interactions for anyone seeking to understand the contributions of this important area. Integrating theory and empirics, Yannis Ioannides explores theoretical and empirical tools that economists use to investigate social interactions, and he shows how a familiarity with these tools is essential for interpreting findings. The book makes work in the economics of social interactions accessible to ... Read more
Just as we learn from, influence, and are influenced by others, our social interactions drive economic growth in cities, regions, and nations--determining where households live, how children learn, and what cities and firms produce. From Neighborhoods to Nations synthesizes the recent economics of social interactions for anyone seeking to understand the contributions of this important area. Integrating theory and empirics, Yannis Ioannides explores theoretical and empirical tools that economists use to investigate social interactions, and he shows how a familiarity with these tools is essential for interpreting findings. The book makes work in the economics of social interactions accessible to ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
544
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Weight
1156g
Number of Pages
544
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691126852
SKU
V9780691126852
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About Yannis Ioannides
Yannis M. Ioannides is the Max and Herta Neubauer Professor of Economics at Tufts University.
Reviews for From Neighborhoods to Nations: The Economics of Social Interactions
"[T]his is a very nice book on a very complex and wide topic. To analyze urban economics, network economics, labor economics and growth together, both from a theoretical and empirical perspective, is really remarkable."
Yves Zenou, Journal of Economic Geography "Ioannides should be praised to have written a stimulating book that tries to interrelate social and spatial levels of complex economic ... Read more
Yves Zenou, Journal of Economic Geography "Ioannides should be praised to have written a stimulating book that tries to interrelate social and spatial levels of complex economic ... Read more