the network structure in a data set of collaborating economists. While we find support for the hypothesis of transitivity …

.An exploration of the micro aspects of the network yields three findings: one, the average number of co-authors is very small but … the economics world has the structure it does. The second part of the paper develops a simple theoretical model of co-authorship …

network. Interestingly, unconnected equilibria are asymmetric and central players may emerge. Second, I show that non …

paper continues on the work of Galeotti, Goyal and Kamphorst (2003). In their paper they investigate a model of network … centrality and center-sponsorship are still important characteristics of the networks in minimal curb sets. …

A symmetric network consists of a set of positions and a set of bilateral links between these positions. Examples of … symmetric network we define a cooperative transferable utility game that measures the power of each coalition of positions in … the network. Applying the Shapley value to this game yields a network power measure, the beta-measure, which reflects the …

This paper empirically explores relations between network positions in knowledge networks andtrust. In social network … abilities andtrust in intentions). The closure argument emphasizes that dense network structures enforceindividuals to be … trustworthy. The gossip argument emphasizes that dense networks amplifiesgossip. Since it was found that different network …