This paper studies a non-cooperative model of network formation. Built upon the two-way flow model of Bala and Goyal …

This paper studies a noncooperative model of network formation. Built upon the two-way flow model of Bala and Goyal …

This paper provides a game-theoretic model of network formation with a continuous effort choice. Efforts are strategic … complements for direct neighbors in the network and display global substitution/congestion effects. We show that if the parameter … links according to a network cost function. Again all socially optimal configurations are such that the network is a nested …

, I provide a proposition that generalizes the results of these two models by stating that: (i) Strict Nash network … network as in Billand et al (2011). This proposition requires that a certain restriction on link formation cost (called …

Network structure has a significant role in determining the outcomes of many socioeconomic relationships, including the … antagonistic ones. In this paper we study a situation in which agents, embedded in a network, simultaneously play interrelated … bilateral contest games with their neighbors. Interrelatedness of contests induces complex local and global network effects. We …