Peer effects and social contagion
Abstract
We review models of social contagion and peer effects. We develop a simple framework to access the workings of those models and we give a brief overview of applications in the real world.
Keywords
social contagion; peer effects; threshold models
Cite as
Apolte, T., & Kellermann, K. L. (2025). Peer effects and social contagion. In Jong-A-Pin, R., & Bjørnskov, C. (Eds.), Elgar Encyclopedia of Public Choice (pp. 529–537). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.Details
Publication type
Research article (book contribution)
Peer reviewed
Yes
Publication status
Published
Year
2025
Volume
1
Book title
Elgar Encyclopedia of Public Choice
Editor
Jong-A-Pin, Richard; Bjørnskov, Christian
Start page
529
End page
537
Publisher
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.
Place
Cheltenham
Language
English
ISBN
9781802207743
DOI
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