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We study the endogenous network formation of bilateral and multilateral trade agreements by means of hypergraphs and introduce the equilibrium concept of multilateral stability. We consider multi-country settings with a firm in each country that produces a homogeneous good and competes as a...
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This paper studies network games with strategic complementarities when agents have only partial knowledge of, but some control over, how their actions are mapped into payoff-relevant outcomes. Uncertainty changes several predictions of standard network models. Equilibrium actions are positively...
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We study the impact of research collaborations in coauthorship networks on research output and how optimal funding can …-designed to take advantage of the spillover effects generated in scientific knowledge production networks …
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We study the impact of research collaborations in coauthorship networks on research output and how optimal funding can … to take advantage of the spillover effects generated in scientific knowledge production networks …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012892043
We examine how trade sanctions can be imposed effectively in a trading network. We focus on three factors that affect trade sanctions: a country’s endowment, distance between trading countries, and connectivity in the network. Our models explain several empirical observations: (i) sanctions...
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It is unclear whether the hierarchy in the economics profession is the result of the agglomeration of excellence or of nepotism. I construct the professor-student network for laureates of and candidates for the Nobel Prize in Economics. I study the effect of proximity to previous Nobelists on...
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It is unclear whether the hierarchy in the economics profession is the result of the agglomeration of excellence or of nepotism. I construct the professor-student network for laureates of and candidates for the Nobel Prize in Economics. I study the effect of proximity to previous Nobelists on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013332695
This paper employs a weighted network analysis to study the empirical properties of the world trade web and their evolution over time. We show that most countries are characterized by weak trade links; yet, there exists a group of countries featuring a large number of strong relationships, thus...
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We present a multi-country theory of economic growth in which countries are connected by a network of mutual knowledge exchange. Growth is generated through human capital accumulation and knowledge externalities. The available knowledge in any country depends on its connections to the rest of...
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We present a multi-country theory of economic growth in which countries are connected by a network of mutual knowledge exchange. Growth is generated through human capital accumulation and knowledge externalities. The available knowledge in any country depends on its connections to the rest of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010255056