Optimal information transmission in organizations: Search and congestion

Review of Economic Design

Volumn 14, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 75-93

  Arenas, Àlex ^a   Cabrales, Antonio ^b   Danon, Leon ^c   Díaz Guilera, Albert ^c   Guimerà, Roger ^d,e   Vega Redondo, Fernando ^f,g  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d Northwestern University   (United States)

^e NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^g University of Valencia   (Spain)

Author keywords

Congestion; Design; Networks; Organizations; Search

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953515826     PISSN: 14344742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10058-008-0067-2     Document Type: Article

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