third partners. We propose a micro perspective to understand how endogenous network effects, cognitive proximity of actors … and their interplay influence the evolutionary process of network formation in clusters. …

observed from 1985 to 2013, in 13 German regions. We find that the initiative increases network size and innovation activities … during the funding period but not afterwards. The impact of the BioRegio contest on network cohesion is moderate. In contrast …

We introduce a simple two-stage game of endogenous network formation and information sharing for reasoning about the … then we study how the network design and the utility specifications affect welfare. Surprisingly, we find that in general … "babblers" or "friends", irrespective of whether the network is unilateral or bilateral, in equilibrium, targeted information …

methodological tools assessing network characteristics at the dyadic level are lacking for aggregated networks (such as the network … knowledge flows. To do so we first define a new measure to assess 'network proximity' at the level of the regional dyad, based … European countries (France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom). The studied network is then composed of all the …