Leeuwen, Boris van; Offerman, Theo; Schram, Arthur - Tinbergen Instituut - 2013
2 design, we examine the effects of group size and the presence of (social) benefits for incoming links. We find that … social benefits are highly important. They facilitate convergence to equilibrium networks and enhance the stability and … efficiency of the outcome. Moreover, in large groups social benefits encourage the formation of superstars: star networks in …