scholarly journals Mobilizing Investment Through Social Networks: Evidence from a Lab Experiment in the Field

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emily Breza ◽  
Arun Chandrasekhar ◽  
Horacio Alejandro Larreguy
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Lab Experiment

scholarly journals Social Networks as Contract Enforcement: Evidence from a Lab Experiment in the Field

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 43-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arun G. Chandrasekhar ◽  
Cynthia Kinnan ◽  
Horacio Larreguy
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Contract Enforcement ◽  
Network Centrality ◽  
Formal Institutions ◽  
Lab Experiment ◽  
High Stakes ◽  
Social Proximity ◽  
Network Position ◽  
Informal Contracts ◽  
Close Pairs

Lack of well-functioning formal institutions leads to reliance on social networks to enforce informal contracts. Social proximity and network centrality may affect cooperation. To assess the extent to which networks substitute for enforcement, we conducted high-stakes games across 34 Indian villages. We randomized subjects’ partners and whether contracts were enforced to estimate how partners’ relative network position differentially matters across contracting environments. While socially close pairs cooperate even without enforcement, distant pairs do not. Individuals with more central partners behave more cooperatively without enforcement. Capacity for cooperation in the absence of contract enforcement therefore depends on the subjects’ network position. (JEL C93, D86, K12, O15, O17, Z13)

Multilayer Social Networks

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark E. Dickison ◽  
Matteo Magnani ◽  
Luca Rossi
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Multilayer Social Networks

Hostility and Perceptions of Support in Ambiguous Social Interactions

2006 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 108-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana-Maria Vranceanu ◽  
Linda C. Gallo ◽  
Laura M. Bogart
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Social Networks ◽  
Information Processing ◽  
Social Interactions ◽  
Social Information Processing ◽  
Perceived Social Support ◽  
Social Information ◽  
Inverse Association ◽  
Processing Bias ◽  
Information Processing Bias

The present study investigated whether a social information processing bias contributes to the inverse association between trait hostility and perceived social support. A sample of 104 undergraduates (50 men) completed a measure of hostility and rated videotaped interactions in which a speaker disclosed a problem while a listener reacted ambiguously. Results showed that hostile persons rated listeners as less friendly and socially supportive across six conversations, although the nature of the hostility effect varied by sex, target rated, and manner in which support was assessed. Hostility and target interactively impacted ratings of support and affiliation only for men. At least in part, a social information processing bias could contribute to hostile persons' perceptions of their social networks.

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