This paper empirically analyzes a network structure created by the ROSCAs (Rotating Savings and Credit Associations) related to a leaders' network in rural Uzbekistan. The estimation methodology is based on the recent development of ERGMs (Exponential Random Graph Models) whose approximate...

This paper extends a standard altruism model of private transfers to a multiple goods model. It has been pointed out that unlike the exchange-motivated transfers, altruistically motivated private transfers would mitigate income inequality in terms of quantity. However, taking the effect of...

This paper extends a standard altruism model of private transfers to a multiple goods model. It has been pointed out that unlike the exchange-motivated transfers, altruistically motivated private transfers would mitigate income inequality in terms of quantity. However, taking the effect of...