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This paper empirically explores relations between network positions in knowledge networks andtrust. In social network … trustworthy. The gossip argument emphasizes that dense networks amplifiesgossip. Since it was found that different network …-specific knowledge networks. Empirical data were collected on a network of 55 individuals inthe setting of account management. These data …
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We study the impact of bots on social learning in a social network setting. Regular agents receive independent noisy signals about the true value of a variable and then communicate in a network. They na¨ıvely update beliefs by repeatedly taking weighted averages of neighbors' opinions. Bots...
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The novelty of our model is to combine models of collective action on networks with models of social learning. Agents are connected according to an undirected graph, the social network, and have the choice between two actions: either to adopt a new behavior or technology or stay with the default...
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Knowledge drives the growth of nations and regions in a competitive space-economy. Hence, we would expect a strong … correlation between investments in R&D, knowledge and learning processes, on the one hand, and productivity increases, on the … other. However, the empirical evidence shows consistent discrepancies between knowledge inputs and economic performance …
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This paper provides evidence from a natural experiment on the importance of tacit knowledge that workers have about … knowledge to product and labor market imperfections at the firm level. The model also incorporates a role for non …
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,advisors, lawyers). If both the pros and cons of a decision haveto be examined, it is better to use competing agents instead of asingle …
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A fundamental question in social sciences is how trust emerges. We provide an answer which relies on the formation of social and economic relationships. We argue that behind trust lies the fact that individuals invest in connections taking into account the potential externalities networks...
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Empirical studies of labor markets show that social contacts are an important source of job-related information [Ioannides and Loury (2004)]. At the same time, wage differences among workers may be explained only in part by differences in individual background characteristics. Such findings...
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environment it is embedded in. …
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