School of Economics Seminar Speaker Series Presents: Zhongjian Lin from Emory University

December 3, 2021, 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Hybrid online and in-person event

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Join us Friday, Dec. 3 at 2 pm for the final event in our Fall 2021 Seminar Speaker Series!

Zhongjian Lin, assistant professor of economics at Emory University, will present "Selection and Endogenous Treatment Models with Social Interactions: An Application to the Impact of Exercise on Self-Esteem." 

This is a hybrid online and in-person event. Join us online at this Bluejeans link: https://bluejeans.com/849432612/2596 or in-person at Weber SST III-098 classroom.

Students, faculty, staff, alumni, and anyone with an interest in the topic are welcome to attend! 

 

Abstract

We address the estimation of sample selection and endogenous treatment models with social interactions. To model the interaction between individuals in an internally consistent matter we employ a game theoretic approach based on the use of a discrete Bayesian game. We overcome the substantial computational burden this introduces through a sequential version of the nested fixed point algorithm. We describe how our methodology can be applied to a large class of commonly employed models. We employ our approach to examine the impact of an individual’s frequency of exercise on her level of self esteem in a setting where an individual’s exercise frequency is treated as endogenous and is potentially influenced by her belief of her friends’ exercise frequency.