Group formation: The interaction of increasing returns and preferences diversity

Group Formation in Economics: Networks, Clubs, and Coalitions

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 171-208

  Demange, Gabrielle ^a  

^a ÉCOLE DES HAUTES ÉTUDES EN SCIENCES SOCIALES   (France)

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EID: 27744584640     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511614385.006     Document Type: Chapter

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