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Boundedly rational opinion dynamics in social networks : does indegree matter?

Battiston, Pietro; Stanca, Luca M. - 2015

This paper investigates opinion dynamics and social influence in directed communication networks. We study the theoretical properties of a boundedly rational model of opinion formation in which individuals aggregate the information they receive from their neighbors by using weights that are a...

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Strong ties in a small world

Leij, Marco van der; Goyal, Sanjeev - 2006

In this paper we test the celebrated `Strength of weak ties' theory of Granovetter (1973). We test two hypotheses on …

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Urban spatial structure, employment and social ties

Picard, Pierre M.; Zenou, Yves - 2014

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...

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Urban spatial structure, employment and social ties : European versus American cities

Picard, Pierre M.; Zenou, Yves - 2015

We develop a model where workers both choose their residential location (geographical space) and their social interactions (social space). In equilibrium, we show under which condition some individuals reside close to the job center while others live far away from it. Even though the two...

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Social interactions and labor market outcomes in cities

Zenou, Yves (contributor) - 2008

We develop a model where information about jobs is essentially obtained through friends and relatives, i.e. strong and weak ties. Workers commute to a business center to work and to interact with other people. We find that housing prices increase with the level of social interactions in the city...

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Social Interactions and Labor Market Outcomes in Cities

Zenou, Yves - 2011

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Asset Pricing : Herding vs. Individual Social Interaction

König, Frederik - 2010

The existence of influence among participants on financial markets is affirmed by the theory of behavioural finance …

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Urban Spatial Structure, Employment and Social Ties : European Versus American Cities

Picard, Pierre M. - 2015

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Asset Pricing in the Presence of Social Interaction

König, Frederik - 2010

What is the mechanism that determines market prices of financial assets? The literature of modern finance theory … equity puzzle in this paper. The upcoming literature of behavioural finance theory loosens the restrictive assumptions of … modern finance theory in favour of the acceptance of an investor's irrationality. Many efforts have been undertaken so far to …

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Social distance and network structures

Iijima, Ryota; Kamada, Yuichiro - In: Theoretical economics : TE ; an open access journal in … 12 (2017) 2, pp. 655-689

This paper proposes a tractable model that allows us to analyze how agents' perception of relationships with others determines the structures of networks. In our model, agents are endowed with their own multidimensional characteristics and their payoffs depend on the social distance between...

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