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Network Formation Games

Network Formation Games is a theoretical framework in game theory that models strategic interactions among self-interested agents who individually decide to form or sever links with others, where the resulting network structure emerges from these decentralized decisions and the agents' payoffs depend on the global architecture of the network.

187

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10.2K

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321

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219

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2017–2026

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187

A Noncooperative Model of Network Formation

Sanjeev Goyal · Econometrica · 2000 · 1.1K citations

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On a network creation game

Alex Fabrikant, Ankur Luthra, Elitza Maneva et al. · 2003 · 531 citations

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A Survey of Models of Network Formation: Stability and Efficiency

Matthew O. Jackson · CaltechAUTHORS (California Institute of Technology) · 2003 · 386 citations · Full text

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Dynamics of Networks if Everyone Strives for Structural Holes

Vincent Buskens, Arnout van de Rijt · American Journal of Sociology · 2008 · 304 citations · Full text

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Network formation with heterogeneous players

Andrea Galeotti, Sanjeev Goyal, Jurjen Kamphorst · Games and Economic Behavior · 2005 · 302 citations

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Authors

321

  1. SG
    Sanjeev Goyal

    University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

    7 publications · 1.8K citations

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  2. MO
    Matthew O. Jackson

    Stanford University, United States

    6 publications · 882 citations

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  3. ED
    Erik D. Demaine

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States

    6 publications · 194 citations

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  4. WS
    Walid Saad

    Virginia Tech, United States

    6 publications · 291 citations

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  5. DB
    Davide Bilò

    University of L'Aquila, Italy

    5 publications · 70 citations

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Institutions

219

  1. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    9 h-index

    12 publications

    532 citations

  2. Virginia Tech

    Blacksburg, United States

    8 h-index

    9 publications

    367 citations

  3. IZA - Institute of Labor Economics

    Bonn, Germany

    7 h-index

    7 publications

    258 citations

  4. Tel Aviv University

    Tel Aviv, Israel

    6 h-index

    11 publications

    806 citations

  5. Erasmus University Rotterdam

    Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    6 h-index

    8 publications

    1.7K citations

  6. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    6 h-index

    11 publications

    507 citations

  7. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    6 h-index

    9 publications

    440 citations

  8. University of Maryland, College Park

    College Park, United States

    6 h-index

    12 publications

    404 citations

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Venues

  1. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 20 publications · 754 citations

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  2. Econometrica

    6 publications · 1.5K citations

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  3. Games and Economic Behavior

    5 publications · 762 citations

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  4. Journal of Economic Theory

    JET · 5 publications · 432 citations

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  5. arXiv (Cornell University)

    Repository · 5 publications · 61 citations

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