Homophily and long-run integration in social networks

Journal of Economic Theory

Volumn 147, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1754-1786

  Bramoullé, Yann ^a,b   Currarini, Sergio ^c,d   Jackson, Matthew O ^e,f,g   Pin, Paolo ^h   Rogers, Brian W ^i,j  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f CIFAR ^*  (Canada)

^g SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

ⁱ NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Citations; Degree distribution; Homophily; Integration; Network formation; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864812984     PISSN: 00220531     EISSN: 10957235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jet.2012.05.007     Document Type: Article

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