This paper studies the properties of convexity (concavity) and strategic complements (substitutes) in network formation and the implications for the structure of pairwise stable networks. First, different definitions of convexity (concavity) in own links from the literature are put into the...

Os pesquisadores brasileiros têm realizado esforços para sistematizar e avaliar a produção acadêmica das ciências sociais aplicadas no país. Essas pesquisas expressam uma elevação do nível de reflexividade do próprio pensamento científico em termos metodológicos e de implicação...

We develop a model where workers both choose their residential location (geographical space) and social interactions (social space). In equilibrium, we show under which condition the majority group resides close to the job center while the minority group lives far away from it. Even though the...

This study is the first to examine the role of discussants in academic knowledge production. Comparing articles of similar quality with andwithout discussants,we find that having a discussant increases a paper's probability of publication in prestigious journals, but not its citation count....

We examine geographical concentration, scientific quality, and editorial favoritism in the field of experimental economics. We use a novel data set containing all original research papers (𝑁 = 583) that exclusively used laboratory experiments for data generation and were published in the...