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of centralized and decentralized entry-level labor markets, evolution and adjustment paths of unraveling are explored …
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We develop a model where agents obtain information about job opportunities through an explicitly modeled network of social contacts. We show that an improvement in the employment status of either an agent's direct or indirect contacts leads to an increase in the agent's employment probability...
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This paper studies the formation of networks among individuals. The focus is on the compatibility of overall societal … subject, and also provides new results on the existence of pairwise-stable networks and the relationship between pairwise … stable and efficient networks in a variety of contexts and under several definitions of efficiency. …
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We analyze the formation of networks among individuals. In particular, we examine the existence of networks that are … stable networks one can restrict focus on a component-wise egalitarian allocation of value. We show that when such strongly … stable networks exist they coincide with the set of efficient networks (those maximizing the total productive value). We show …
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features that have been found to characterize large socially generated networks. Moreover, we derive the distribution of degree … lower tail may exhibit substantial curvature, just as in observed networks. We then fit the model to data from six networks …. Besides offering a close fit of these diverse networks, the model allows us to impute the relative importance of search versus …
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We examine a simple economic model of network formation where agents benefit from indirect relationships. We show that small-world features - -- short path lengths between nodes together with highly clustered link structures --- necessarily emerge for a wide set of parameters.
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alternative network structures (not just sub-networks) can and should influence the allocation of value among players on any given …
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I survey the recent literature on the formation of networks. I provide definitions of network games, a number of …
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We examine a new class of games, which we call social games, where players not only choose strategies but also choose with whom they play. A group of players who are dissatisfied with the play of their current partners can join together and play a new equilibrium. This imposes new refinements on...
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We offer the first direct evidence of an implicit contract in a goods market. The evidence we offer comes from the market for Coca-Cola. We demonstrate that the Coca-Cola Company left a substantial amount of written evidence of its implicit contract with its consumers—a very explicit form of...
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