Group formation in economics : networks, clubs and coalitions / edited by Gabrielle Demange, Myrna Wooders.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Demange, Gabrielle, editor.

Wooders, Myrna Holtz, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social networks--Economic aspects.

Social networks.

Social groups--Economic aspects.

Social groups.

Game theory.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 480 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Broad and diverse ranges of activities are conducted within and by organized groups of individuals, including political, economic and social activities. These activities have become a subject of intense interest in economics and game theory. Some of the topics investigated in this collection are models of networks of power and privilege, trade networks, co-authorship networks, buyer-seller networks with differentiated products, and networks of medical innovation and the adaptation of new information. Other topics are social norms on punctuality, clubs and the provision of club goods and public goods, research and development and collusive alliances among corporations, and international alliances and trading agreements. While relatively recent, the literature on game theoretic studies of group formation in economics is already vast. This volume provides an introduction to this important literature on game-theoretic treatments of situations with networks, clubs, and coalitions, including some applications.

Contents:

A survey of network formation models : stability and efficiency / Matthew O. Jackson

Models of network formation in cooperative games / Anne van den Nouweland

Farsighted stability in network formation / Frank H. Page, Jr., and Samir Kamat

Learning in networks / Sanjeev Goyal

Group formation : the interaction of increasing returns and preferences diversity / Gabrielle Demange

Games and economies with near exhaustion of gains to scale / Alexander Kovalenkov and Myrna Wooders

Coalitions and clubs : tiebout equilibrium in large economies / John Conley and Stefani Smith

Secession-proof cost allocations and stable group structures in models of horizontal differentiation / Michel Le Breton and Shlomo Weber

Political parties and coalition formation / Amrita Dhillon

Power in the design of constitutional rules / Mika Widgrén

Group and network formation in industrial organization : a survey / Francis Block

Institution design for managing global commons : lessons from coalition theory / Carlo Carraro

Inequality and growth clubs / Fernando Jaramillo, Hubert Kempf, and Fabien Moizeau

Informal insurance, enforcement constraints, and group formation / Garance Genicot and Debraj Ray

Spontaneous market emergence and social networks / Marcel Fafchamps.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-107-14044-7

1-280-41590-8

0-511-17167-6

0-511-10986-5

0-511-19744-6

0-511-29877-3

0-511-61438-1

0-511-10955-5

OCLC:

252490849