This is a chapter of the forthcoming Oxford Handbook on the Economics of
Networks

Pin, Paolo

Rogers, Brian

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Many aspects of our lives are affected by social interactions with others. Often, the way these relationships operate is influenced by interactions between others. For example, an opinion communicated by one person to another is likely to have been influenced by the outcomes of previous conversations between different pairs of individuals. That is, a give

Paolo Pin

Brian W. Rogers

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Stochastic network formation and homophily

We survey and synthesize models of network formation based on random graphs and stochastic processes. We organize the material according to whether the population is treated as fixed or dynamic. We pay particular attention to the effects of homophilous linking on network structure. Finally, we discuss empirical and econometric issues based on stochastic network formation models

Stochastic network formation and homophily

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