Network Formation with Heterogeneous Agents and Absolute Friction

Computational Economics

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 23-45

  Vandenbossche, Joost ^a   Demuynck, Thomas ^a,b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Absolute friction; Heterogeneity; Network formation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877124291     PISSN: 09277099     EISSN: 15729974     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10614-012-9315-1     Document Type: Article

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