The Evolution of Social and Economic Networks

By Matthew O. Jackson, Alison Watts. Journal of Economics Theory, 2002

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Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Management Science and Operations Research

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A Dynamic Model of Network Formation (2001, methodology): “Jackson and Watts 1999 .”
Risk-Sharing Networks (2007, methodology): “We use Jackson and Watts’ (2002) notions of improving paths and closed cycles to characterize the outcomes.”
Networks in Finance (2008, background): “The literature goes beyond a static equilibrium approach to study dynamic processes where the network gradually evolves over time (Jackson and Watts, 2002; Dutta et al. 2005; Page et al., 2005; Mauleon and Vannetelbosch, 2004).”
On the formation of interaction networks in social coordination games (2002, background): “For further discussion of improving paths, see Jackson and Watts (1998). A state x is statically stable if there are no improving paths leaving it. Let r(x1, xk) = min(X1,...,Xk)∈p(X1,Xk) r(x1, . . . , xk). A theorem from Young (1993) is instrumental in the proofs of Propositions 1 and 2.”
From simplistic to complex systems in economics (2005, background): “Jackson and Watts (2002) provide a “stochastic evolutionary” game theoretic representation of economic networks that is driven by errors in connections.”
An Econometric Model of Network Formation With Degree Heterogeneity (2017, background): “The study of network formation in the presence of interdependent preferences is one theme of recent theoretical research on networks (e.g., Jackson and Wolinsky (1996), Bala and Goyal (2000), Jackson and Watts (2002)).”
Towards a unified science of cultural evolution. (2006, background): “Recent work on the role of networks in economic activity (e.g. Goyal 2005; Jackson & Watts 2002) add a bit more detail and suggest specific processes whereby economic activity might evolve.”
A Formal Theory of Reflected Appraisals in the Evolution of Power (2011, background): “In the seminal work on social influence theory, initiated with French (1956), Harary (1959), and DeGroot (1974), the influence process unfolding on an particular issue was modeled as a ‘‘memoryless’’ Markov chain mechanism in which individuals’ initial positions on an issue have no ongoing direct…”