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Social Networks and Unraveling in Labor Markets
Fainmesser, Itay - Brown University, Department of Economics - 2010
fellowships and the market for judicial clerks) in the presence of social networks. We o¤er a two-stage model in which workers in … changes to the network structure on the unraveling of the market towards early hiring. Moreover, we show that an e¢ cient … design of the matching procedure can prevent unraveling. …
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Bottleneck links, essential intermediaries, and competing paths of diffusion in networks
Manea, Mihai - In: Theoretical Economics 16 (2021) 3, pp. 1017-1053
among sellers. In dense networks, competition limits the scope of indirect appropriability and intellectual property rights …
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Bottleneck links, essential intermediaries, and competing paths of diffusion in networks
Manea, Mihai - In: Theoretical economics : TE ; an open access journal in … 16 (2021) 3, pp. 1017-1053
among sellers. In dense networks, competition limits the scope of indirect appropriability and intellectual property rights …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012806313
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Multilateral matching
Hatfield, John William; Kominers, Scott Duke - In: Journal of Economic Theory 156 (2015) C, pp. 175-206
We introduce a matching model in which agents engage in joint ventures via multilateral contracts. This approach allows us to consider production complementarities previously outside the scope of matching theory. We show analogues of the first and second welfare theorems and, when agents'...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011189755
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A connections model with decreasing returns link-formation technology
Olaizola, Norma; Valenciano, Federico - In: SERIEs - Journal of the Spanish Economic Association 14 (2023) 1, pp. 31-61
about node-players' information and is necessary for Nash equilibrium and for pairwise stability. Second, efficient networks …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014496075
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A connections model with decreasing returns link-formation technology
Olaizola, Norma; Valenciano, Federico - In: SERIEs : Journal of the Spanish Economic Association 14 (2023) 1, pp. 31-61
about node-players' information and is necessary for Nash equilibrium and for pairwise stability. Second, efficient networks …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014281320
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An Economic Model of Friendship: Homophily, Minorities and Segregation
Currarini, Sergio; Pin, Paolo; Jackson, Matthew O. - Dipartimento di Economia, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia - 2007
networks. Individuals come in different types and have type-dependent benefits from friendships; we examine the properties of a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005057160
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The Value of Connections: Evidence from the Italian-American Mafia
Mastrobuoni, Giovanni - Collegio Carlo Alberto, Università degli Studi di Torino - 2013
Using declassified Federal Bureau of Narcotics records on 800 US Mafia mem- bers active in the 1950s and 1960s, and on their connections within the organized crime network, I estimate network effects on gangsters’ economic status. Lacking information on criminal proceeds, I measure economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010743398
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Understanding Organized Crime Networks: Evidence Based on Federal Bureau of Narcotics Secret Files on American Mafia
Mastrobuoni, Giovanni; Patacchini, Eleonora - Collegio Carlo Alberto, Università degli Studi di Torino - 2010
Using unique data on criminal profiles of 800 US Mafia members active in the 50s and 60s and on their connections within the Cosa Nostra network we analyze how the geometry of criminal ties between mobsters depends on family ties, community roots and ties, legal and illegal activities. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008674209
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Efficient partnership formation in networks
Bloch, Francis; Dutta, Bhaskar; Manea, Mihai - In: Theoretical Economics 14 (2019) 3, pp. 779-811
We analyze the formation of partnerships in social networks. Players need favors at random times and ask their …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012215334