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The Economics of Small Worlds

Abstract

We examine a simple economic model of network formation where agents benefit from indirect relationships. We show that small-world features -- short path lengths between nodes together with highly clustered link structures -- necessarily emerge for a wide set of parameters.

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94648
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CaltechAUTHORS:20190410-160823436

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2019-04-10
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Social Science Working Papers
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Social Science Working Paper
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1214