In search of stars: Network formation among heterogeneous agents

Games and Economic Behavior

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 445-466

  Goeree, Jacob K ^a   Riedl, Arno ^b   Ule, Aljaž ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Experiment; Heterogeneity; Network formation; Private information

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349337778     PISSN: 08998256     EISSN: 10902473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geb.2008.12.005     Document Type: Article

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