题目：Homophily, Peer Effects, and Dishonesty
主讲人：Marie Claire Villeval，法国国家科学院GATE经济研究中心教授，英国威廉希尔唯一官网兼职讲席教授
时间：2021年3月25日15：30

地点:  腾讯会议 ID 311174548

主讲人简介：Marie Claire Villeval Villeval教授是国际知名的行为与实验经济学家，是国际经济科学学会（EAS）当选主席和Experimental Economic杂志执行主编，欧洲科学院院士。曾在包括Science, Nature, American Economic Review, Management Science, Journal of Public Economics，Journal of Labour Economics等顶级期刊发表大量学术论文。

Abstract：If individuals tend to behave like their peers, is it because of conformity, that is, the preference of people to align behavior with the behavior of their peers; homophily, that is, the tendency of people to bond with similar others; or both? We address this question in the context of an ethical dilemma. Using a peer effect model allowing for homophily, we designed a real-effort laboratory experiment in which individuals could misreport their performance to earn more. Our results reveal a preference for conformity and for homophily in the selection of peers, but only among participants who were cheating in isolation. The size of peer effects is similar when identical peers were randomly assigned and when they were selected by individuals. We thus jointly reject the presence of a self-selection bias in the peer effect estimates and of a link strength effect.