Social context and network formation: An experimental study

Social Networks

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 63-75

  Burger, Martijn J ^a   Buskens, Vincent ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Experimental sociology; Game theory; Network formation; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 56649095797     PISSN: 03788733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socnet.2008.10.001     Document Type: Article

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