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This paper surveys research on social capital. We explore the concepts that motivate the social capital literature, efforts to formally model social capital using economic theory, the econometrics of social capital, and empirical studies of the role of social capital in various socioeconomic...
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This article proposes a normative model for the cluster articulation in Cova da Beira (Portugal), based on network functioning which accomplishes the general purposes of the National Integrated Programme to the Support for Innovation, and creates a connectivity between traditional Microclusters:...
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We examine a simple economic model of network formation where agents benefit from indirect relationships. We show that small-world features - -- short path lengths between nodes together with highly clustered link structures --- necessarily emerge for a wide set of parameters.
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features that have been found to characterize large socially generated networks. Moreover, we derive the distribution of degree … lower tail may exhibit substantial curvature, just as in observed networks. We then fit the model to data from six networks …. Besides offering a close fit of these diverse networks, the model allows us to impute the relative importance of search versus …
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alternative network structures (not just sub-networks) can and should influence the allocation of value among players on any given …
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I survey the recent literature on the formation of networks. I provide definitions of network games, a number of …
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We present a simple model of spatial evolution that avoids several problems that arise with more complex networks of … captured while nonlinearities that would arise with more complex networks are avoided. We can identify characteristics of … evolution in networks such as stable cooperation in prisoners' dilemma games and long run exploitation among different …
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This paper studies the formation of networks among individuals. The focus is on the compatibility of overall societal … subject, and also provides new results on the existence of pairwise-stable networks and the relationship between pairwise … stable and efficient networks in a variety of contexts and under several definitions of efficiency. …
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We analyze the formation of networks among individuals. In particular, we examine the existence of networks that are … stable networks one can restrict focus on a component-wise egalitarian allocation of value. We show that when such strongly … stable networks exist they coincide with the set of efficient networks (those maximizing the total productive value). We show …
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When, in a supply chain, a supplier and a buyer have the choice of transaction form to do business, the equilibrium transaction form which emerges is much more constrained than previously envisaged in literature. In this paper, two forms of long-term supply contracts and procurement in the spot...
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