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Can your Facebook friends influence your decision to buy a house?

  • Written by Theresa Kuchler, Assistant Professor of Finance, New York University

People interact with their family, friends and coworkers on a daily basis, both through online social networks and in real life. The effects of such social interactions on economic and financial decision making, however, are not well-understood.

Do such interactions influence people’s assessment of the attractiveness of investments such as...

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