Knowledge and networks: An experimental test of how network knowledge affects coordination

Social Networks

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 122-133

  Enemark, Daniel ^a   McCubbins, Mathew D ^b   Weller, Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication information networks; Coordination; Experimental methods; Information

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888032581     PISSN: 03788733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socnet.2012.10.001     Document Type: Article

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