higher resource flow as well as homophily reinforce decision-makers' ideological bias. We highlight that competing lobbyists …' efforts do not neutralize each other and their payoffs and competitive advantages depend on the networks they face. Our …

We propose a random network model incorporating heterogeneity of agents and a continuous notion of homophily. Unlike … the vast majority of the corresponding economic literature, we capture homophily in terms of similarity rather than … homophily levels. As a possible application we provide a stylized labor market model, where a firm can hire a worker via the …