Networks and Groups

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-VIII

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2. On the Formation of Networks and Groups

   • Bhaskar Dutta, Matthew O. Jackson

   Pages 1-15

3. Graphs and Cooperation in Games

   • Roger B. Myerson

   Pages 17-22

4. A Strategic Model of Social and Economic Networks

   • Matthew O. Jackson, Asher Wolinsky

   Pages 23-49

5. Spatial Social Networks

   • Cathleen Johnson, Robert P. Gilles

   Pages 51-77

6. Stable Networks

   • Bhaskar Dutta, Suresh Mutuswami

   Pages 79-98

7. The Stability and Efficiency of Economic and Social Networks

   • Matthew O. Jackson

   Pages 99-140

8. A Noncooperative Model of Network Formation

   • Venkatesh Bala, Sanjeev Goyal

   Pages 141-184

9. The Stability and Efficiency of Directed Communication Networks

   • Bhaskar Dutta, Matthew O. Jackson

   Pages 185-206

10. Endogenous Formation of Links Between Players and of Coalitions: An Application of the Shapley Value

    • Robert J. Aumann, Roger B. Myerson

    Pages 207-220

11. Link Formation in Cooperative Situations

    • Bhaskar Dutta, Anne van den Nouweland, Stef Tijs

    Pages 221-232

12. Network Formation Models With Costs for Establishing Links

    • Marco Slikker, Anne van den Nouweland

    Pages 233-262

13. Network Formation With Sequential Demands

    • Sergio Currarini, Massimo Morelli

    Pages 263-283

14. Coalition Formation in General NTU Games

    • Anke Gerber

    Pages 285-311

15. A strategic analysis of network reliability

    • Venkatesh Bala, Sanjeev Goyal

    Pages 313-336

16. A Dynamic Model of Network Formation

    • Alison Watts

    Pages 337-345

17. A Theory of Buyer-Seller Networks

    • Rachel E. Kranton, Deborah F. Minehart

    Pages 347-378

18. Competition for Goods in Buyer-Seller Networks

    • Rachel E. Kranton, Deborah F. Minehart

    Pages 379-408

19. Buyers’ and Sellers’ Cartels on Markets With Indivisible Goods

    • Francis Bloch, Sayantan Ghosal

    Pages 409-427

20. Network Exchange as a Cooperative Game

    • Elisa Jayne Bienenstock, Phillip Bonacich

    Pages 429-452

When Murat Sertel asked us whether we would be interested in organizing a special issue of the Review of Economic Design on the formation of networks and groups, we were happy to accept because of the growing research on this important topic. We were also pleasantly surprised at the response to our request for submissions to the special issue, receiving a much larger number of sub­ missions than we had anticipated. In the end we were able to put together two special issues of insightful papers on this topic. Given the growing interest in this topic, we also decided (with encouragement from Murat) to combine the special issues in the form of a book for wider dissemination. However, once we had decided to edit the book, it was natural to move beyond the special issue to include at least some of the papers that have been influential in the literature on the formation of networks. These papers were published in other journals, and we are very grateful to the authors as well as the journals for permission to include these papers in the book.

• Coalitions
• Design
• Evaluation
• Modellierung
• Networks
• Netzwerke
• Spieltheorie
• Strategic Formation
• calculus
• efficiency
• game theory
• labour
• mechanism design
• modeling
• social networks

From the reviews:

"A network is a very powerful tool for describing the structure of association among agents … . This volume is indispensable for getting a comprehensive overview of this area of research. … the volume is indeed very valuable for learning about the strategic aspects of group formation, especially network formation. … beginning with the pioneering works a selection of the important subsequent research is included. Although this field is developing very rapidly, this book should remain a useful point of reference for a long time." (Anindya Bhattacharya, Social Choice and Welfare, Vol. 23 (1), 2004)

• Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi, India

  Bhaskar Dutta

• Division of Humanities and Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA

  Matthew O. Jackson

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