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 …

from observing the actions of peers. When the social belief is strong and the financial network is fragmented, banks follow … endogenously formed interbank networks, however, less informative signals lead to higher network density and less synchronization …

network characteristics, such as path length, cliquishness and the distribution and asymmetry of degree centrality affect the … an asymmetric or skewed degree distribution actually can have a negative impact on a network's knowledge diffusion … knowledge that they interrupt the trading process at an early stage, which finally disconnects the network. However, our …