In a variety of settings, some payoff-relevant item spreads along a network of connected individuals. In some cases … costs and benefits of being more or less connected to the network. The situation becomes more complicated (and more … allows an individual to keep getting the benefits of network connectivity while blocking out the bad items. Drawing on the …

In this paper, we examine possible types of network formation among immigrants in the diaspora and between those … network structure on the country of origin, such as on international trade. We find that when the size of the diaspora is …

We present a multi-country theory of economic growth in which countries are connected by a network of mutual knowledge … industrial revolution, followed by decreasing relative inequality. Knowledge diffusion through a Small World network explains the …

to migrate transmission activity from existing social networks to a core-periphery insider network. A small group of …

We study the formation of multilayer networks where payoffs are determined by the degrees in each network and explore … distinct network relationships by allowing for inter-network and intra-network spillovers through five properties …: supermodularity and submodularity for internetwork spillovers, and convexity, concavity, and strategic complementarity for intra-network …

are not bounded away from zero and the network is sufficiently connected and has identifiable information paths. If search … as in the complete network. The density of indirect connections affects convergence rates. Network transparency has short …

This paper studies how systemic risk can appear when rational agents establish derivative contracts in a fixed network … spread the risks throughout the network and harmonize the amount of capital agents tie up respectively to their exposure …

We study the diffusion of a true and a false opinion (the rumor) in a social network. Upon hearing an opinion …

stable way that facilitates overall resource access throughout the network. We study structures for efficient integration of …