concept (Alon et al., 2010). The destruction model is a network formation game incorporating the robustness of a network under … edges to an attack on the vertices of the network. We prove structural results and linear upper bounds or super-linear lower …

dimensions of our identity (“homophily”). Lab studies of network formation games have found that adherence to social norms of … reciprocity and inequity aversion are also drivers of network choices. No study so far has attempted to investigate the role of … both homophily and social norms in a controlled environment. At the beginning of our experiment, each player fills in a …

Theoretical models on network formation focus mostly on the stability and efficiency of equilibria, but they cannot … starting network. To study factors affecting equilibrium selection, we designed a network formation experiment with multiple … stage in which the network is disrupted. This setting allows us to analyze the interplay between the need for farsightedness …

agent can derive from a network depends on the strength of the direct links between agents. We assume that the strength of … with some existing models of network formation where the strength technology is a convex function of investment, we find … that (i) the symmetric complete network can dominate the star architecture in terms of total utility; (ii) a dominating …

placing its data on others’ storage devices, given the prevailing data loss rate in the network. The cost function of an agent … captures the cost that the agent incurs to maintain links in the network. With this utility function, we analyze what network … exists a pairwise stable network, which is also efficient. We show that all pairwise stable networks are efficient, and hence …

We study network formation with n players and link cost α > 0. After the network is built, an adversary randomly …

collaboration in a dynamic network setting. We develop an experiment in which coordination problems are mainly due to finding … problem. Still, if subjects are able to solve the coordination problem, they invest in a suboptimal way in the network good …

We consider the dynamic network formation problem under the requirement that the whole network be connected and remain …