information about past deals through their social network. There is a unique equilibrium outcome which depends crucially on the … predictions are tested in a lab experiment through 4 treatments that vary the network that groups of 6 subjects are assigned to … if they are assigned to a network that is dense and/or has low variability in number of connections across members. An …

In most network asset procurement exercises, network configurations are predefined by the auctioneers. Bidders can … neither propose different network configurations nor can they submit bids on a group of network links. We believe the market … different network configurations and where bidding for packages is a possibility. We demonstrate why the auction design in this …

This paper o¤ers a bridge between the theoretical literature on endogenous network formation and the empirical work on … the impact of social networks on economic performance. We provide a theoretical framework of endogenous network formation … that yields testable predictions for the network architectures generated by a particular informal institution common in …

This paper aims to predict some possible futures for the World Wide Web based on several key network parameters: size … connection speeds are low neither the star nor complete networks are stable, and when connection speeds are high the star network … is usually stable, while the complete network is never stable. For intermediate speed levels much depends upon the other …