; (iii) network-based accelerator - the network structure may propagate the initial shock possibly resulting in an avalanche …

agents. We apply the graph theory to describe the network and the principal component analysis to summarize information and …

This thesis addresses theoretical and empirical questions related to network economics. In particular, it analyze … network effects and switching costs in the mobile telecommunications industry. The first chapter analyzes competition in a two …-period differentiated-products duopoly in the presence of both switching costs and network effects. They are shown to have opposite …

network. This enables the study of policies that affect relative positions of individuals. We formulate two innovative climate … policies, namely a prize, altering directly relative welfare, and advertisement, which influences the social network of …

framework that provides standardization for agent-based modeling in economics. This framework serves as a standard for analyzing …