The stability and efficiency of directed communication networks

Review of Economic Design

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 251-272

  Dutta, Bhaskar ^a   Jackson, Matthew O ^b  

^a INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Incentives; Networks; Stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000999022     PISSN: 14344742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00013688     Document Type: Article

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