On the formation of interaction networks in social coordination games

Games and Economic Behavior

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 265-291

  Jackson, Matthew O ^a   Watts, Alison ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Network formation; Networks; Social coordination game; Stochastic stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036869835     PISSN: 08998256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-8256(02)00504-3     Document Type: Article

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