Anatomy of Stigmatized Behavior: Peer Influence and Relative Concern

Abstract

This paper is based on an ongoing joint work with David Sahn and Xiaobo Zhang.Social Stigma, Peer Influences, Relative Concern, Blood Donation, China, Agricultural and Food Policy, Community/Rural/Urban Development, Consumer/Household Economics, Food Security and Poverty, Health Economics and Policy, Institutional and Behavioral Economics, International Development, Labor and Human Capital, Research Methods/ Statistical Methods, Risk and Uncertainty, JEL: I32, J22, D13, D63,