Who's who in networks. Wanted: The key player

Econometrica

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1403-1417

  Ballester, Coralio ^a   Calvó Armengol, Antoni ^b   Zenou, Yves ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS IFN   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DU MAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Centrality measures; Peer effects; Policies; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748510758     PISSN: 00129682     EISSN: 14680262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0262.2006.00709.x     Document Type: Article

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