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Homophily and long-run integration in social networks
Bramoullé, Yann; Currarini, Sergio; Jackson, Matthew O.; … - In: Journal of Economic Theory 147 (2012) 5, pp. 1754-1786
We model network formation when heterogeneous nodes enter sequentially and form connections through both random meetings and network-based search, but with type-dependent biases. We show that there is “long-run integration”, whereby the composition of types in sufficiently old nodesʼ...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011042960
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Sources of variation in social networks
Atalay, Enghin - In: Games and Economic Behavior 79 (2013) C, pp. 106-131
What explains the large variation in the number of contacts (degree) that different participants of social networks have: age, randomness, or some unobservable fitness measure? To answer this question, I extend the model presented in Jackson and Rogers (2007) to allow individuals to vary in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011049762
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Lock-in or lock-out? How structural properties of knowledge networks affect regional resilience?
Crespo, Joan; Suire, Raphaël; Vicente, Jérôme - Centre de Recherche en Économie et Management (CREM) - 2012
The paper develops an evolutionary framework of regional resilience with a primary focus on the structural properties of local knowledge networks. After a presentation of the network-based rationales of growth and structuring of clusters, we analyze under which structural conditions a regional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010969002
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Lock-in or lock-out? How structural properties of knowledge networks affect regional resilience?
Crespo, Joan; Suire, Raphael; Vicente, Jérôme - Disciplinegroep Economische Geografie, Faculteit … - 2012
The paper develops an evolutionary framework of regional resilience with a primary focus on the structural properties of local knowledge networks. After a presentation of the network-based rationales of growth and structuring of clusters, we analyze under which structural conditions a regional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010540676
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What can the Big Five Personality Factors contribute to explain Small-Scale Economic Behavior?
Muller, Julia; Schwieren, Christiane - Tinbergen Instituut - 2012
Growing interest in using personality variables in economic research leads to the question whether personality as … measured by psychology is useful to predict economic behavior. Is it reasonable to expect values on personality scales to be … predictive of behavior in economic games? It is undoubted that personality can influence large-scale economic outcomes. Whether …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011256055
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Personality Characteristics and the Decision to Become and Stay Self-Employed
Caliendo, Marco; Fossen, Frank M.; Kritikos, Alexander S. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
This paper systematically investigates whether different kinds of personality characteristics influence entrepreneurial … and further personality characteristics, which are more specifically related to entrepreneurial tasks, influence entry …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008868132
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Personality Characteristics and the Decision to Become and Stay Self-Employed
Caliendo, Marco; Fossen, Frank M.; Kritikos, Alexander S. - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2011
This paper systematically investigates whether different kinds of personality characteristics influence entrepreneurial … and further personality characteristics, which are more specifically related to entrepreneurial tasks, influence entry …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008869171
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Selbständige sind anders: Persönlichkeit beeinflusst unternehmerisches Handeln
Caliendo, Marco; Fossen, Frank M.; Kritikos, Alexander S. - In: DIW Wochenbericht 78 (2011) 11, pp. 2-8
Gut ein Zehntel aller Erwerbstätigen in Deutschland ist selbständig, und nur eine von hundert Erwerbspersonen wagt jedes Jahr den Schritt in die Selbständigkeit. Klassische Faktoren wie Bildung, Berufserfahrung und elterliche Prägung greifen zur Erklärung des Phänomens "Selbständigkeit"...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008869175
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Can Personality Explain what is Underlying Women's Unwillingness to Compete?
Müller, Julia; Schwieren, Christiane - Alfred-Weber-Institut für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, … - 2011
than men (e.g., Gneezy et al.(2003), Niederle and Vesterlund (2007)). In this paper, we use personality variables to … understand the underlying motives of women (and men) to enter a competition or avoid it. We use the Big Five personality factors …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008916029
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Personality characteristics and the decision to become and stay self-employed
Caliendo, Marco; Fossen, Frank M.; Kritikos, Alexander S. - Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaft, Freie Universität … - 2011
This paper systematically investigates whether different kinds of personality characteristics influence entrepreneurial … and further personality characteristics, which are more specifically related to entrepreneurial tasks, influence entry …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009021919