Cowan, Robin; Jonard, Nicolas - In: International Journal of Agricultural Resources, … 6 (2007) 2, pp. 165-178
We model knowledge diffusion as agents exchanging ideas through a barter process. The model builds on empirical … observations of informal knowledge trading among competing agents. The process takes place on a network substrate in which agents … mutually profitable trade. This process repeats, and is the foundation on which knowledge diffuses through the economy. Our …