Competing Activities in Social Networks

Belhaj, Mohamed Moez; Deroïan, Frédéric

Type de document :

Compte-rendu et recension critique d'ouvrage

DOI :

10.1515/bejeap-2013-0121

Titre :

Competing Activities in Social Networks

Auteur(s) :

Belhaj, Mohamed Moez [Auteur]
Groupement de Recherche en Économie Quantitative d'Aix-Marseille [GREQAM]
Institut d’Électronique, de Microélectronique et de Nanotechnologie - UMR 8520 [IEMN]
Deroïan, Frédéric [Auteur]
Groupement de Recherche en Économie Quantitative d'Aix-Marseille [GREQAM]

Titre de la revue :

The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy

Pagination :

Éditeur :

de Gruyter

Date de publication :

2014

ISSN :

2194-6108

Mot(s)-clé(s) en anglais :

Economie quantitative

Discipline(s) HAL :

Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Economies et finances

Résumé en anglais : [en]

We consider a society in which each agent has one unit of a resource to allocate between two activities. Agents are organized in a social network, and each activity generates complementarities between neighbors. We find ...
Lire la suite >We consider a society in which each agent has one unit of a resource to allocate between two activities. Agents are organized in a social network, and each activity generates complementarities between neighbors. We find multiplicity of equilibrium for high intensity of interaction, and we characterize equilibria in terms of specialization and polarization. Overall, results reveal the crucial role played by network geometry. The results also suggest that the structure of the social network should be taken into account for the design of a public policy in favor of a specific activity.Lire moins >

Langue :

Anglais

Vulgarisation :

Non

Commentaire :

ACLN

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