provide an application to strategic network formation where such solution concepts may be useful. …

We introduce a network formation model based on the idea that individuals engage in production (or decide to …

generosity per se but that they have strong explanatory power for network formation. …

) matter for link formation. An estimation procedure of a network formation model à la Jackson and Wolinsky (1996) is proposed … estimation of an endogenous network formation model, and also contributes to the development literature by overcoming the dyadic …

: public goods investment, general social capital accumulation, production network formation, risk sharing network formation … negative shocks, poor households may have difficulty in finding time for social capital accumulation and risk sharing network … formation; this, in turn, may cause them to become more vulnerable and even poorer. …

pensions. Using a dataset representative of the German population, we empirically investigate the determinants of network … formation with respect to information about occupational pensions. We find that transaction costs, provision of information by …

Network formation constitutes an important part of many social and economic processes, but relatively little is known … behavioral effects in individual decisions of network formation. Our findings demonstrate that the inherent complexity of the … have important implications for researchers and managers working in areas that involve network formation. …

We present a model of endogenous network formation with absolute friction and heterogeneous agents. The individual …

This paper introduces the choice of identity characteristics, and, commitments to these characteristics, in a network … formation model where links costs are shared. Players want to link to the largest group given that linking costs are decreasing …