Economists have discovered an odd phenomenon: many people who use social media (even you, maybe?) wish it didn’t exist. But that doesn’t mean they can escape.
SOURCES:
Leonardo Bursztyn), professor of economics at the University of Chicago.
Benjamin Handel), professor of economics at the University of California, Berkeley.
RESOURCES:
"When Product Markets Become Collective Traps: The Case of Social Media)," by Leonardo Bursztyn, Benjamin Handel, Rafael Jimenez, and Christopher Roth (*NBER Working Paper, *2023).
"Social Media and Xenophobia: Evidence from Russia)," by Leonardo Bursztyn, Georgy Egorov, Ruben Enikolopov, and Maria Petrova (*NBER Working Paper, *2019).
"Status Goods: Experimental Evidence from Platinum Credit Cards)," by Leonardo Bursztyn, Bruno Ferman, Stefano Fiorin, Martin Kanz, and Gautam Rao (*NBER Working Paper, *2017).
"'Acting Wife': Marriage Market Incentives and Labor Market Investments)," by Leonardo Bursztyn, Thomas Fujiwara, and Amanda Pallais (*American Economic Review, *2017).
"Measuring Crack Cocaine and Its Impact)," by Roland G. Fryer Jr., Paul S. Heaton, Steven D. Levitt, and Kevin M. Murphy (*Economic Inquiry, *2013).
EXTRAS:
"Is Facebook Bad for Your Mental Health?)" by *Freakonomics, M.D. *(2022).
"Why Is U.S. Media So Negative?)" by *Freakonomics Radio *(2021).
