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This paper studies an analytically tractable model of the formation and evolution of chains of production. Over time, entrepreneurs accumulate techniques to produce their good using goods produced by other entrepreneurs and labor as inputs. The value of a technique depends on both the...
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We analyze binary choice models in communication networks, in which both, the formation of links in the network as well … networks, where agents choose their strategies - actions and links - according to a perturbed best response update rule. We …
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review of 255 articles in business press we show the diffusion in praxis and analyze coherency to the academic perspective …
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networks among heterogeneous agents. The objective is to explore the evolving architecture of social networks and the critical …
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We analyzed the impact of social networks on general practitioners' (GPs) referral behavior based on administrative … networks, we used information on the doctors' place and time of study and their hospital work history. We found that GPs … referred more patients to specialists within their social networks and that patients referred within a social network had fewer …
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We investigate how the selection process of a leader affects team performance with respect to social learning. We use a lab experiment in which an incentivized guessing task is repeated in a star network with the leader at the center. Leader selection is either based on competence, on...
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We highlight that convergence in repeated averaging models commonly used to study cultural traits or opinion dynamics is not equivalent to convergence in Markov chain settings if transition matrices are time-varying. We then establish a new proof for the convergence of cultural traits in the...
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We interview both parents and their children enrolled in six primary schools in the district of Treviso (Italy). We study the structural differences between the children network of friends reported by children and the one elicited asking their parents. We find that the parents' network has a...
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constrained social networks, enabling them to utilize scarcely available campus time to communicate with classmates more …
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relates to digital social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, or to some extent Google. Both innovations lead to strong …
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