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Whom can you trust? : reputation and cooperation in networks

King, Maia - 2017

investigate cooperation when information about players' reputations spreads to their future partners through links in a social … network that connects them. We find that information supports cooperation by increasing trust between players, and obtain the … are more likely to receive information through their network connections. Both aspects of trust are linked to new …

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Gender homophily in referral networks : consequences for the medicare physician earnings gap

Zeltzer, Dan - 2017

In this paper, I assess the extent to which the gender gap in physician earnings may be driven by physicians' preference for working with specialists of the same gender. By analyzing administrative data on 100 million Medicare patient referrals, I provide robust evidence that doctors refer more...

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Political connections and firms : network dimensions

Bussolo, Maurizio; Commander, Simon; Poupakis, Stavros - 2018

firm level information, we examine the association between being connected and firm-level attributes. The originality of …

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The impact of Facebook upon social skills of young people : a business employment perspective

Maiorescu, Irina; Dina, Răzvan; Pleşea, Alexandru Doru; … - In: Amfiteatru economic : an economic and business research … 17 (2015), pp. 1289-1302

individuals and business organizations to interact one with another. Companies may obtain important information about users of … of information valuable for businesses. The findings of the paper are based on a survey deployed in 2014 and they reveal …

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Tie heterogeneity in networks of interlocking directorates : a cost-benefit approach to firms' tie choice

Brennecke, Julia; Rank, Olaf N. - In: Business research 10 (2017) 1, pp. 97-122

research by shedding light on the role of tie heterogeneity as a driver of tie creation as opposed to a factor causing firm …

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Independent directors' board networks and controlling shareholders' tunneling behavior

Chen, Yunsen; Wang, Yutao; Lin, Le - In: China journal of accounting research : CJAR 7 (2014) 2, pp. 101-118

As one of the channels by which board directors build important relationships, board networks can affect the governance role of independent directors. Defining director board networks as their connections based on direct ties they establish when serving on at least one common board, this paper...

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Inter-regional betweenness centrality in the European R&D network : empirical investigation using European framework data

Barber, Michael J.; Scherngell, Thomas - 2012

An overarching concern in regional science is the characterization of interactions-such as commuter flows, transport, migration, or knowledge flows-within and between subnational spatial units. In this work, we use techniques from social network analysis to address the quality, rather than the...

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Superstar economists : coauthorship networks and research output

Zimmermann, Christian; Hsieh, Chih-sheng; König, Michael D. - 2018

We study the impact of research collaborations in coauthorship networks on research output and how optimal funding can maximize it. Through the links in the collaboration network, researchers create spillovers not only to their direct coauthors but also to researchers indirectly linked to them....

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Superstar economists : coauthorship networks and research output

Hsieh, Chih-sheng; König, Michael D.; Liu, Xiaodong; … - 2018

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Network analysis of the EU insurance sector

Alves, Ivan; Brinkhoff, Jeroen; Georgiev, Stanislav; … - 2015

This paper contains an analysis of the network of the 29 largest European insurance groups and their financial counterparties. Insurance companies have direct exposures to other insurers, banks and other financial institutions through the holdings of debt, equity and other financial instruments....

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