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Networks and Groups

Models of Strategic Formation

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  • © 2003

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Editors:
  1. Bhaskar Dutta

    1. Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi, India

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  2. Matthew O. Jackson

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

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Part of the book series: Studies in Economic Design (DESI)

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Table of contents (21 chapters)

  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
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About this book

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.

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"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)

Editors and Affiliations

  • 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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