a weighted Bonacich centrality index, with weights accounting for distance-two relations. We find that both maximal …

gangsters' importance in- side the network (called centrality) but not the preference for specific housing needs. A standard … deviation increase in closeness centrality increases economic status by between one forth (OLS) and one standard deviation (2SLS). …

In this study, we construct financial networks in which nodes are represented by assets and where edges are based on … long-run correlations. We construct four networks (complete graph, a minimum spanning tree, a planar maximally filtered … graph, and a threshold significance graph) and use three centrality measures (betweenness, eigenvalue centrality, and the …

' efforts do not neutralize each other and their payoffs and competitive advantages depend on the networks they face. Our …

patent citations. We illustrate that these two networks share strong similarities in terms of the size of activity and …

The importance of social and economic networks has meanwhile been widely acknowledged throughout social sciences … about job openings, bargaining power etc. Given these beneficial aspects of networks, the stability is in question: How do … networks change when agents follow incentives for profitable network positions? This question serves as a leitmotif for this …

-output network characteristics. We employ a new centrality measure developed by Blöchl et al. (2011) for directed networks with self … indices of these centrality measures to output growth reveals that countries with less heterogenous IO networks tend to grow … importance of designation of sectoral policy measures to counteract heterogeneity of IO networks. …