The economic consequences of social network structure

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We survey the literature on the economic consequences of the structure of social networks. We develop a taxonomy of "macro" and "micro" characteristics of social interaction networks and discuss both the theoretical and empirical findings concerning the role of those characteristics in determining learning, diffusion, decisions, and resulting behaviors. We also discuss the challenges of accounting for the endogeneity of networks in assessing the relationship between the patterns of interactions and behaviors.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: IFN Working Paper ; No. 1116

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Network Formation and Analysis: Theory ; Noncooperative Games ; Transactional Relationships; Contracts and Reputation; Networks ; Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification
• Subject: Social networks ; social economics ; homophily ; diffusion ; social learning ; contagion ; centrality measures ; endogeneity ; network formation

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Jackson, Matthew O. ; Rogers, Brian ; Zenou, Yves
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN)
• (where): Stockholm
• (when): 2016

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/175053
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET