Social and Economic Networks in Cooperative Game Theory

by Marco Slikker, Anne van den Nouweland

Overview

Social and Economic Networks in Cooperative Game Theory presents a coherent overview of theoretical literature that studies the influence and formation of networks in social and economic situations in which the relations between participants who are not included in a particular participant's network are not of consequence to this participant.
The material is organized in two parts. In Part I the authors concentrate on the question how network structures affect economic outcomes. Part II of the book presents the formation of networks by agents who engage in a network-formation process to be able to realize the possible gains from cooperation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780792372264
Publisher:	Springer US
Publication date:	03/31/2001
Series:	Theory and Decision Library C , #27
Edition description:	2001
Pages:	294
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.36(d)

Table of Contents

I Social and Economic Networks in Cooperative Situations.- 1. Games and Networks.- 2. Restricted Cooperation in Games.- 3. Inheritance of Properties in Communication Situations.- 4. Variants on the Basic Model.- II Network Formation.- 5. Noncooperative Games.- 6. A Network-Formation Model in Extensive Form.- 7. A Network-Formation Model in Strategic Form.- 8. Network Formation with Costs for Establishing Links.- 9. A One-Stage Model of Network Formation and Payoff Division.- 10. Network Formation and Potential Games.- 11. Net Work Formation and Reward Functions.- References.- Notations.