We introduce a simple two-stage game of endogenous network formation and information sharing for reasoning about the … then we study how the network design and the utility specifications affect welfare. Surprisingly, we find that in general … "babblers" or "friends", irrespective of whether the network is unilateral or bilateral, in equilibrium, targeted information …

communities have reported the emergence of a core-periphery knowledge sharing network structure. In this study, we investigate why … model with endogenized knowledge-sharing and network formation. Our model recognizes the dynamic and interdependent nature … likelihood of their questions receiving a solution before asking a question. With the emergence of core-periphery network …

just one region or one country but instead forming an international network of researchers. This type of epistemic …

paper we construct a weighted and time-decayed co-inventor network from all IT-related patents in the harmonized OECD … 1990-2000 period to isolate the effect of inventor characteristics from the characteristics of the collaboration network in …