Add to ORKGAbstract Literature on network formation typically assumes that people create and remove relations as to maximize their outcome in the network. It is mostly neglected that people might also care about the outcomes of others when creating and removing links. In the current paper, we develop an experiment to investigate whether people show preferences that involve the outcomes of others during network formation. We find varying evidence for effects of social motives in the settings we compare in the experiment. In the final part of the paper, we discuss some explanations for these findings.
In many economic and social contexts, individuals can undertake a transaction only if they are `link...
Field studies of networks have uncovered a preference to befriend people we perceive as similar acco...
Field studies of networks have uncovered a preference to befriend people we perceive as similar acco...
Literature on network formation typically assumes that people create and remove relations as to maxi...
Literature on network formation typically assumes that people create and remove relations as to max...
textabstractGame-theoretic models of network formation typically assume that people create relations...
<div><p>Game-theoretic models of network formation typically assume that people create relations so ...
Game-theoretic models of network formation typically assume that people create relations so as to ma...
Game-theoretic models of network formation typically assume that people create relations so as to ma...
Game-theoretic models of network formation typically assume that people create relations so as to ma...
We run a computerised experiment of network formation where all connections are beneficial and only ...
Recently, there has been an increasing interest in how strategic action influences network structure...
Recently, there has been increasing interest in determining which social network structures emerge a...
We examine the interplay between a person's individual preference and the social influence others ex...
Individual acts of cooperation give rise to dynamic social networks. Traditionally, models for coope...
In many economic and social contexts, individuals can undertake a transaction only if they are `link...
Field studies of networks have uncovered a preference to befriend people we perceive as similar acco...
Field studies of networks have uncovered a preference to befriend people we perceive as similar acco...
Literature on network formation typically assumes that people create and remove relations as to maxi...
Literature on network formation typically assumes that people create and remove relations as to max...
textabstractGame-theoretic models of network formation typically assume that people create relations...
<div><p>Game-theoretic models of network formation typically assume that people create relations so ...
Game-theoretic models of network formation typically assume that people create relations so as to ma...
Game-theoretic models of network formation typically assume that people create relations so as to ma...
Game-theoretic models of network formation typically assume that people create relations so as to ma...
We run a computerised experiment of network formation where all connections are beneficial and only ...
Recently, there has been an increasing interest in how strategic action influences network structure...
Recently, there has been increasing interest in determining which social network structures emerge a...
We examine the interplay between a person's individual preference and the social influence others ex...
Individual acts of cooperation give rise to dynamic social networks. Traditionally, models for coope...
In many economic and social contexts, individuals can undertake a transaction only if they are `link...
Field studies of networks have uncovered a preference to befriend people we perceive as similar acco...
Field studies of networks have uncovered a preference to befriend people we perceive as similar acco...