HSE SPb & EUSP Research Seminar on October, 3: Philip Ushchev (HSE)

Topic: Social Norms in Networks (joint with Yves Zenou, Monash University)
Date & Time: October, 3; 18:00 - 19:30
Venue: St Petersburg, Fontanka river embankment, 27, PDMI RAS, Marble hall (2nd floor)

We invite you to participate in the HSE in St Petersburg and European University in St Petersburg Research seminar on October, 3.

Philip Ushchev (HSE in St Petersburg) will give a talk on Social Norms in Networks  (joint with Yves Zenou, Monash University). Please find the abstract below.

Time: 18:00 - 19:30
Venue: St Petersburg, Fontanka river embankment, 27, PDMI RAS, Marble hall (2nd floor)

Abstract:
Although the linear-in-means model is the workhorse model in empirical work on peer effects, its theoretical properties are understudied. In this paper, we develop a social-norm model that provides a microfoundation of the linear-in-means model and investigate its properties. We show that individual outcomes may increase, decrease, or vary non-monotonically with the taste for conformity. Equilibria are usually inefficient and, to restore the first best, the planner needs to subsidize (tax) agents whose neighbors make efforts above (below) the social norms. Thus, giving more subsidies to more central agents is not necessarily efficient. We also discuss the policy implications of our model in terms of education and crime.

Link to the paper: https://www.dropbox.com/s/gft3gf8egxbcv1t/Local_Average_29-07-2019.pdf?dl=0


Calendar: https://tinyurl.com/spbecon
Research seminar webpage: https://spb.hse.ru/en/scem/ilgt/hse-eusp-seminar