Network games
Bochet, O., Faure, M., Long, Y. and Y. Zenou (2024), “Perceived competition.” Revise and resubmit at the Review of Economic Studies.
Zenou, Y. and J. Zhou (2024), “Games on multiplex networks,” Revise and resubmit at the American Economic Review.
Campbell, A., Thornton, D.J. and Y. Zenou (2024), "Strategic Diffusion: Public Goods vs. Public Bads." CEPR Discussion Paper No. 19443.
Zenou, Y. and J. Zhou (2024). "Sign-Equivalent Transformations and Equilibrium Systems: Theory and Applications".
Boucher, V., Rendall, M., Ushchev, P. and Y. Zenou (2024), “Toward a general theory of peer effects.” Econometrica 92(2), 543-565.
Leister, M., Zenou, Y. and J. Zhou (2022), “Social connectedness and local contagion,” Review of Economic Studies 89(1), 372-410.
Ushchev, P. and Y. Zenou (2020), “Social norms in networks,” Journal of Economic Theory 185, 104969.
Chen, Y.-J., Zenou, Y. and Zhou, J. (2018), “Multiple activities in networks,” American Economic Journal: Microeconomics 10(3), 34-85
König, M., Tessone, C. and Y. Zenou (2014), “Nestedness in networks: A theoretical model and some applications,” Theoretical Economics 9, 695-752.
Cabrales, A., Calvó-Armengol, A. and Y. Zenou (2011), “Social interactions and spillovers,” Games and Economic Behavior 72, 339-360.
Calvó-Armengol, A., Patacchini, E. and Y. Zenou (2009), “Peer effects and social networks in education,” Review of Economic Studies 76, 1239-1267.
Ballester, C., Calvó-Armengol, A. and Y. Zenou (2006), “Who’s who in networks. Wanted: the key player,” Econometrica 74, 1403-1417.
Network econometrics
Boucher, V., Rendall, M., Ushchev, P. and Y. Zenou (2024), “Toward a general theory of peer effects.” Econometrica 92(2), 543-565.
Lee, L-F., Patacchini, E., Liu, X. and Y. Zenou (2021), “Who is the key player? A network analysis of juvenile delinquency,” Journal of Business and Economic Statistics 39(3), 849-857.
Cohen-Cole, E., Liu, X. and Y. Zenou (2018), “Multivariate choice and identification of social interactions,” Journal of Applied Econometrics 33, 165-178.
Liu, X., Patacchini, E. and Y. Zenou (2014), “Endogenous peer effects: Local aggregate or local average?” Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 103, 39-59.
Industrial organization
Campbell, A., Ushchev, P. and Y. Zenou (2024), “The network origins of entry,” Journal of Political Economy 132(11).
Chen, Y.-J., Zenou, Y. and J. Zhou (2022), “Network topology and market structure,” Journal of Economic Theory 204, 105491.
Campbell, A., Leister, M. and Y. Zenou (2020), “Word of mouth communication and search,” RAND Journal of Economics 51(3), 676-712.
König, M., Liu, X. and Y. Zenou (2019), “R&D networks: Theory, empirics and policy implications,” Review of Economics and Statistics 101(3), 476-491.
Chen, Y.-J., Zenou, Y. and Zhou, J. (2018), “Competitive pricing strategies in social networks,” RAND Journal of Economics 49(3), 672-705.
Education
List, J., Momeni, F., Vlassopoulos, M. and Y. Zenou (2024), “Neighborhood spillover effects of early childhood interventions.” Revise and resubmit at the American Economic Journal: Economic Policy.
Goulas, S., Gunawardena, B.N., Megalokonomou, R. and Y. Zenou (2024), Gender role models in education,” CEPR Discussion Paper No. 19432.
Boucher, V., Del Bello, C., Panebianco, F. Verdier, T. and Y. Zenou (2023), “Education transmission and network formation,” Journal of Labor Economics 41(1), 129-173.
Calvó-Armengol, A., Patacchini, E. and Y. Zenou (2009), “Peer effects and social networks in education,” Review of Economic Studies 76, 1239-1267.
Crime
Giulietti, C., McConnell, B. and Y. Zenou (2025). "Beyond hot spots: Enhancing police effectiveness by incorporating a spatial network approach". CEPR Discussion Paper No. 20065.
Lindquist, M.J., Patacchini, E., Vlassopoulos, M. and Y. Zenou (2024), “Spillovers in criminal networks: Evidence from co-offender deaths,” CEPR Discussion Paper No. 19159.
Bezin, E., Verdier, T. and Y. Zenou (2022), “Crime, broken families and punishment,” American Economic Journal: Microeconomics 14(4), 723-760.
Patacchini, E. and Y. Zenou (2012), “Juvenile delinquency and conformism,” Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization 28, 1-31.
Ballester, C., Calvó-Armengol, A. and Y. Zenou (2010), “Delinquent Networks,” Journal of the European Economic Association 8, 34-61.
Patacchini, E. and Y. Zenou (2008), “The strength of weak ties in crime,” European Economic Review 52, 209-236.
Kugler, M., Verdier, T. and Y. Zenou (2005), “Organized crime, corruption and punishment,” Journal of Public Economics 89, 1639-1663.
Verdier, T. and Y. Zenou (2004), “Racial beliefs, location and the causes of crime,” International Economic Review 45, 731-760.
Calvó-Armengol, A. and Y. Zenou (2004), “Social networks and crime decisions. The role of social structure in facilitating delinquent behavior,” International Economic Review 45, 939-958.
Zenou, Y. (2003), “The spatial aspects of crime,” Journal of the European Economic Association 1, 459-467.
Labor economics
Della Lena, S., Safi, S. and Y. Zenou (2024), "How parents and firms' hiring policies affect labor outcomes". CEPR Discussion Paper No. 19570.
Boucher, V., Del Bello, C., Panebianco, F. Verdier, T. and Y. Zenou (2023), “Education transmission and network formation,” Journal of Labor Economics 41(1), 129-173.
Zenou, Y. (2015), “A dynamic model of weak and strong ties in the labor market,” Journal of Labor Economics 33, 891-932.
Sato, Y. and Y. Zenou (2015), “How urbanization affect employment and social interactions”, European Economic Review 75, 131-155.
Battu, H. and Y. Zenou (2010), “Oppositional identities and employment for ethnic minorities. Evidence from England,” Economic Journal 120, 52-71.
Gautier, P. and Y. Zenou (2010), “Car ownership and the labor market of ethnic minorities,” Journal of Urban Economics 67, 392-403.
Zenou, Y. (2009), “Endogenous job destruction and job matching in cities,” Journal of Urban Economics 65, 323-336.
Brueckner, J.K. and Y. Zenou (2003), “Space and unemployment: The labor-market effects of spatial mismatch,” Journal of Labor Economics 21, 242-266
Smith, T.E. and Y. Zenou (2003), “A discrete-time stochastic model of job matching,” Review of Economics Dynamics 6, 54-79.
Hamilton, J., Thisse, J-F. and Y. Zenou (2000), “Wage competition with heterogeneous workers and firms,” Journal of Labor Economics 18, 453-472.
Political economy
Algan, Y., Dalvit, N., Do, Q.A., Le Chapelain, A. and Y. Zenou (2025), “Friendship networks and political opinions.” American Economic Review (conditionally accepted).
Siddique, A., Vlassopoulos, M. and Y. Zenou (2024). "Leveraging edutainment and social networks to foster interethnic harmony." Revise and resubmit at the Quarterly Journal of Economics.
Della Lena, S., Merlino, L.P. and Y. Zenou (2024), “Affective polarization, media outlets, and opinion dynamics.” Revise and resubmit at the Review of Economic Studies.
Grosjean, P., Jha, S., Vlassopoulos, M. and Y. Zenou (2023), “Political trenches: War, partisanship, and polarization,” CEPR Discussion Paper No. 18721.
Xu, J., Zenou, Y. and J. Zhou (2022), “Equilibrium characterization and shock propagation in conflict networks,” Journal of Economic Theory 206, 105571
Culture, identity, and assimilation
Boucher, V., Tumen, S., Vlassopoulos, M., Wahba, J. and Y. Zenou (2024), “Ethnic mixing in early childhood. Evidence from a random field experiment and a structural model.”
Della Lena, S., Safi, S. and Y. Zenou (2024), "How parents and firms' hiring policies affect labor outcomes".
Itoh, R., Sato, Y. and Y. Zenou (2024), “Intergenerational assimilation of minorities: The role of the majority group.” European Economic Review 164, 104722.
Verdier, T. and Y. Zenou (2018), “Cultural leaders and the dynamics of assimilation,” Journal of Economic Theory 175, 374-414.
Bisin, A., Patacchini, E., Verdier, T. and Y. Zenou (2016), “Bend it like Beckham. Ethnic identity and integration,” European Economic Review 90, 146-164.
Battu, H. and Y. Zenou (2010), “Oppositional identities and employment for ethnic minorities. Evidence from England,” Economic Journal 120, 52-71.
Bisin, A., Patacchini, E., Verdier, T. and Y. Zenou (2011), “Formation and persistence of oppositional identities,” European Economic Review 55, 1046-1071.
Bisin, A., Patacchini, E., Verdier, T. and Y. Zenou (2008), “Are Muslim immigrants different in terms of cultural integration?” Journal of the European Economic Association 6, 445-456.
Development economics
Siddique, A., Vlassopoulos, M. and Y. Zenou (2024). "Leveraging edutainment and social networks to foster interethnic harmony." Revise and resubmit at the Quarterly Journal of Economics.
Dequiedt, V. and Y. Zenou (2013), “International migration, imperfect information, and brain drain,” Journal of Development Economics 102, 62-78.
Wahba, J. and Y. Zenou (2012), “Out of sight, out of mind: Migration, entrepreneurship and social capital,” Regional Science and Urban Economics 42 890-903.
Zenou, Y. (2011), “Search, migration, and urban land use. The case of transportation policies,” Journal of Development Economics 96, 174-187.
Zenou, Y. (2008), “Job search and mobility in developing countries. Theory and policy implications,” Journal of Development Economics 86, 336-355.
Wahba, J. and Y. Zenou (2005), “Density, social networks and job search methods: Theory and applications to Egypt,” Journal of Development Economics 78, 443-473.
Gender
Goulas, S., Gunawardena, B.N., Megalokonomou, R. and Y. Zenou (2024), Gender role models in education,” CEPR Discussion Paper No. 19432.
Olivetti, C., Patacchini, E. and Y. Zenou (2020), “Mothers, friends and gender identity,” Journal of the European Economic Association 18(1), 266-301.
Discrimination
Siddique, A., Vlassopoulos, M. and Y. Zenou (2024). "Leveraging edutainment and social networks to foster interethnic harmony." Revise and resubmit at the Quarterly Journal of Economics.
Siddique, A., Vlassopoulos, M. and Y. Zenou (2023), “Market competition and discrimination,” European Economic Review 152, 104361.
Saez-Marti, M. and Y. Zenou (2012), “Cultural transmission and discrimination,” Journal of Urban Economics 72, 137-146.
Patacchini, E., Ragusa, G. and Y. Zenou (2015), “Unexplored dimensions of discrimination in Europe: Homosexuality and physical appearance,” Journal of Population Economics 28, 1045-1073
Verdier, T. and Y. Zenou (2004), “Racial beliefs, location and the causes of crime,” International Economic Review 45, 731-760.
Urban economics
Zenou, Y. (2013), “Spatial versus social mismatch,” Journal of Urban Economics 74, 113-132.
Zenou, Y. (2009), Urban Labor Economics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Brueckner, J.K., Thisse, J-F. and Y. Zenou (1999), “Why is central Paris rich and downtown Detroit poor? An amenity-based theory,” European Economic Review 43, 91-107.
Fujita, M., Thisse, J-F. and Y. Zenou (1997), “On the endogeneous formation of secondary employment centers in a city,” Journal of Urban Economics 41, 337-357.
Urban labor economics
Picard, P.M. and Y. Zenou (2018), “Urban spatial structure, employment and social ties,” Journal of Urban Economics 104, 77-93.
Zenou, Y. (2009), Urban Labor Economics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Zenou, Y. (2009), “Endogenous job destruction and job matching in cities,” Journal of Urban Economics 65, 323-336.
Smith, T.E. and Y. Zenou (2003), “Spatial mismatch, search effort and urban spatial structure,” Journal of Urban Economics 54, 129-156.
Brueckner, J.K., Thisse, J-F. and Y. Zenou (2002), “Local labor markets, job matching and urban location,” International Economic Review 43, 155-171.
Wasmer, E. and Y. Zenou (2002), “Does city structure affect search and welfare?” Journal of Urban Economics 51, 515-541.
Zenou, Y. (2002), “How do firms redline workers?” Journal of Urban Economics 52, 391-408.
Zenou, Y. (2000), “Urban unemployment, agglomeration and transportation policies,” Journal of Public Economics 77, 97-133.
Smith, T.E. and Y. Zenou (1997), “Dual labor markets, urban unemployment and multicentric cities,” Journal of Economic Theory 76, 185-214.
Zenou, Y. and T.E. Smith (1995), “Efficiency wages, involuntary unemployment and urban spatial structure,” Regional Science and Urban Economics 25, 547-573.