Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/73514 
Year of Publication: 
2009
Series/Report no.: 
Working Papers in Economics and Statistics No. 2009-19
Publisher: 
University of Innsbruck, Department of Public Finance, Innsbruck
Abstract: 
This paper studies an evolutionary model of network formation with endogenous decay, in which agents benefit both from direct and indirect connections. In addition to forming (costly) links, agents choose actions for a coordination game that determines the level of decay of each link. We address the issues of coordination (long-run equilibrium selection) and network formation by means of stochastic stability techniques. We find that both the link cost and the trade-off between efficiency and risk-dominance play a crucial role in the long-run behavior of the system.
Subjects: 
Coordination
Networks
Risk dominance
stochastic stability
JEL: 
C72
C73
D83
D85
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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