Equilibria in systems of social interactions

Journal of Economic Theory

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 44-77

  Horst, Ulrich ^a   Scheinkman, José A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Existence of equilibria; Local interaction; Random interaction structure; Social interactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748053988     PISSN: 00220531     EISSN: 10957235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jet.2005.02.012     Document Type: Article

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