We examine how three different communication processes operating through social networks are affected by homophily … - the tendency of individuals to associate with others similar to themselves. Homophily has no effect if messages are … broadcast or sent via shortest paths; only connection density matters. In contrast, homophily substantially slows learning based …

We examine how three different communication processes operating through social networks are affected by homophily … - the tendency of individuals to associate with others similar to themselves. Homophily has no effect if messages are … broadcast or sent via shortest paths; only connection density matters. In contrast, homophily substantially slows learning based …

networks. Individuals come in different types and have type-dependent benefits from friendships; we examine the properties of a …

The paper studies the impact of homophily on the optimal strategies of a monopolist, whose marketing campaign of new … product relies on a word of mouth communication. Homophily is a tendency of people to interact more with those who are similar … a number of results: (i) for low levels of homophily the product attractive to both types of consumers is preferred to …

, then expected homophily in the contact network structure induces different career choices for individuals from different …

among agents in an a social network that exhibits segregation or homophily (the tendency of agents to associate with others … under which a behavior diffuses and becomes persistent in the population. These conditions relate to the level of homophily … with its own type. In particular, we show that homophily can facilitate diffusion from a small initial seed of adopters. …

similar preferences---a phenomenon known as homophily. Using this model, we resolve a puzzle in the literature: theoretical … models predict that preference diversity helps learning, and homophily slows learning, while empirical work suggests the … opposite. We find that the density of network connections determines the impact of preference diversity and homophily on …

, then expected homophily in the contact network structure induces different career choices for individuals from different …