We extend the model of friendship networks developed by Brueck-ner (2006) in two ways. First, we extend the level of indirect bene…tsby incorporating bene…ts from up to three links and explore its impli-cation for the socially optimal and individual e¤ort levels. Next, wegeneralize the...

We extend the model of friendship networks developed by Brueck- ner (2006) in two ways. First, we extend the level of indirect benefits by incorporating benefits from up to three links and explore its impli- cation for the socially optimal and individual e¤ort levels. Next, we generalize the...

We extend the model of friendship networks developed by Brueckner (2006) in two ways. First, we extend the level of indirect benefits by incorporating benefits from up to three links and explore its implication for the socially optimal and individual effort levels. Next, we generalize the...