, summary network parameters (e.g., the degree distribution or transitivity index); and (iii) empirical models of strategic … network formation admitting interdependencies in preferences. Current research challenges and open questions are also …

This paper presents and structurally estimates a model of endogenous network formation and legislative activity of … of Congress as exogenously given and instead embed it in a model of endogenous network formation useful for developing …

In this note, we consider a broad class of network models where a large number of heterogeneous agents simultaneously …

We develop a theoretical model of security investments in a network of interconnected agents. Network connections … strategic substitutes. In a general (non-symmetric) network, this implies that underinvestment by some agents will encourage … symmetric or locally tree-like. We also characterize the impact of network structure on equilibrium and optimal investments …

information both at the level of household pairs and at the level of the network. We also note that the individual level measures … can be interpreted as measures of network centrality. We study risk sharing within these networks and explore whether the …

of human capital and even the formulation of norms and values. The systematic empirical study of network formation - the … article reviews prominent research on the empirical analysis of network formation, with an emphasis on contributions made by …

Recent models and empirical work on network formation emphasize the importance of propinquity in producing strong …

make use of a village photo directory in order to obtain a comprehensive and fully mapped social network dataset. We find … networks having different importance. The most relevant connection is found to be between the network of people from which … knowledge, we found limited evidence of network effects in adoption behavior. Finally, using longitudinal network data, we …

technology. A randomized controlled trial compares these theory-driven network targeting approaches to simpler strategies that … diffusion models on rich social network data from 200 villages in Malawi to identify seed farmers to target and train on the new … either rely on a government extension worker or an easily measurable proxy for the social network (geographic distance …

network connections to get it. For the sender, a higher bias increases the impact per direct receiver, yet diminishes the … close to zero or one, but not in-between. The impact of network density depends on this probability as well …