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Browsing Department of Economics (ECO) by Subject "networks"
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Title:Gravity and Information:Heterogeneous Firms, Exporter Networks and the ‘Distance Puzzle’
Author(s):KRAUTHEIM, SebastianDate:2007Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECOAbstract:Distance effects in empirical gravity equations appear to be too high to be explained by transport costs alone. Moreover, despite the strong and ongoing reduction of transport costs, the estimated coefficients are rather ...
Title:Subscription Mechanisms for Network Formation
Author(s):MUTUSWAMI, Suresh; WINTER, EyalDate:2002Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:We analyze a model of network formation where the costs of link formation are publicly known but individual benefits are not known to the social planner. The objective is to design a simple mechanism ensuring efficiency, ...