This paper analyses the interplay between social structure and information exchange in two competing activities, crime … individuals outside the dyad partnership, referred to as weak ties. Individuals learn about crime opportunities either through … and/or crime is profitable, unemployment benefits have to be low enough to prevent workers for staying too long in the …

friends with other criminals by learning and acquiring proper know-how on the crime business. By taking the social network … or to become a criminal and then the crime effort provided if criminals. We show that this game always has a pure … show that multiple equilibria with different number of active criminals and levels of involvement in crime activities may …