Aspiring to become a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO) the Vietnamesegovernment is confronted with tremendous political, economic and institutionalchallenges. Issues to be addressed are not only technical questions such as the tariffregime, industrial and agricultural subsidies,...

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...