-economic network theories (e.g. entropy maximization, spatial interaction theory, etc.); (ii) the nature of the analytical relationship … investigates - from a methodological viewpoint - the relationship between network connectivity and the rank-size rule (or Zipf …'s law) in an urban-economic network constellation. After a review of the literature, we address in particular the following …

We develop a network model of conflict in which players are involved in different battles. A negative shock in one … location of the battle in the network and the strength of each locality involved in each battle. We then empirically test this …