Treatment Effect Accounting for Network Changes

• Published in: The review of economics and statistics Vol. 103; no. 3; pp. 597 - 604
• Main Authors: Comola, Margherita, Prina, Silvia
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press (MIT Press) 2021
• Subjects: Economics and Finance; Humanities and Social Sciences; Peer effects; Treatment effect; Time-varying networks

Networks may rewire in response to interventions. We propose a measure of the treatment effect when an intervention affects the structure of a social network. We develop a treatment-response model that incorporates dynamic peer effects and provide its identification conditions and the associated ins...