minority agents are in the social network, the more they assimilate to the majority culture. We also show that denser networks …

We survey the literature on social networks by putting together the economics, sociological and physics … network formation. While the physics/applied mathematics approach is capable of reproducing most observed networks, it does … not explain why they emerge. On the contrary, the economics approach is very precise in explaining why networks emerge but …

generosity with a sequence of dictator games conducted in the field. We find that networks of different dimensions differ … substantially in density, clustering, and centrality. When relating generosity to networks we observe that social distance only …

This paper develops a model and derives novel testable implications of referral-based job search networks in which … firm. These findings have important implications in suggesting that job search networks help to reduce informational …

Do leader networks promote efficient intergovernmental contracts? We examine a groundbreaking policy in China where … subprovincial governments freely traded land conversion quotas, and investigate the role of leader networks on the boundary between … uncertainty, incomplete contracting, and asset specificity, we find that leader career networks facilitate trade, controlling for …

We survey the recent, fast-growing literature on peer effects in networks. An important recurring theme is that the …

This paper analyzes the interaction between migrant networks and linguistic distance in the location choice of migrants … to the EU at the regional level. We test the hypothesis that networks and the ability to communicate in the host country … networks have a positive effect on the location decisions while the effect of linguistic distance is negative. We also find a …