the network structure in a data set of collaborating economists. While we find support for the hypothesis of transitivity …

Agents involved in the formation of a social or economic network typically face uncertainty about the benefits of … creating a link. However, the interplay of such uncertainty and risk attitudes has been neglected in the network formation … literature. We propose a dynamic network formation model that builds on standard microeconomic concepts of utility maximization …

believe that economics is an emerging small world. What is it about the network structure that makes the world small? An … exploration of the micro aspects of the network yields three findings: one, the average number of co-authors is very small but …

, leading us to conclude that economics is an emerging small world. A crucial stable feature of the network over this period is …

In a circular city model, I consider network design and pricing decisions for asingle fast transport connection that … faces competition from a slower but betteraccessible transport mode. To access the fast transport network individuals haveto …

.An exploration of the micro aspects of the network yields three findings: one, the average number of co-authors is very small but …

Longitudinal network data are increasingly available, allowing researchers to model how networks evolve over time and …