Structural holes in social networks

Journal of Economic Theory

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 460-492

  Goyal, Sanjeev ^a   Vega Redondo, Fernando ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Intermediation; Network formation; Networks; Structural holes

Indexed keywords

EID: 36049004362     PISSN: 00220531     EISSN: 10957235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jet.2007.01.006     Document Type: Article

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