Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/150280 
Year of Publication: 
2016
Citation: 
[Journal:] Theoretical Economics [ISSN:] 1555-7561 [Volume:] 11 [Issue:] 1 [Publisher:] The Econometric Society [Place:] New Haven, CT [Year:] 2016 [Pages:] 357-380
Publisher: 
The Econometric Society, New Haven, CT
Abstract: 
We address the problem of a planner looking for the efficient network when agents play a network game with local complementarities and links are costly. We show that for general network cost functions, efficient networks belong to the class of Nested-Split Graphs. Next, we refine our results and find that, depending on the specification of the network cost function, complete networks, core-periphery networks, dominant group architectures, quasi-star and quasi-complete networks can be efficient.
Subjects: 
Network games
strategic complementarity
nested split graphs
JEL: 
C72
D85
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Document Type: 
Article

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