Students of social inequality have noted the presence of mechanisms militating toward
cumulative advantage and increasing inequality. Social scientists have established that …

This chapter selectively surveys the literature on general purpose technologies (GPTs),
focusing on incentives and aggregate growth implications. The literature on classical GPTs …

Social interaction (peer) effects are recognized as a potentially important factor in the
diffusion of new products. In the case of environmentally friendly goods or technologies, both …

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Using data from a randomized experiment in rural China, we study the influence of social
networks on weather insurance adoption and the mechanisms through which they operate …

We present evidence on how farmers' decisions to adopt a new crop relate to the adoption
choices of their network of family and friends. We find the relationship to be inverse‐U …

Switching costs and network effects bind customers to vendors if products are incompatible,
locking customers or even markets in to early choices. Lock-in hinders customers from …

Political scientists, sociologists, and economists have all sought to analyze the spread of
economic and political liberalism across countries in recent decades. This article documents …

The Internet may significantly reduce search costs by enabling price comparisons on-line.
This paper provides empirical evidence on how Internet comparison shopping sites affected …

We empirically examine the role of social networks in welfare participation using data on
language spoken at home to better infer networks within an area. Our empirical strategy …