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Exclusion Bias and the Estimation of Peer Effects

Bet Caeyers and Marcel Fafchamps
Published online before print November 07, 2024, 1120-11337R2; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.1120-11337R2
Bet Caeyers
†, FAIR (Chr. Michelsen Institute, FAIR/Norwegian School of Economics)
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Marcel Fafchamps
‡ Stanford University, NBER and IZA
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