I survey the recent literature on the formation of networks. I provide definitions of network games, a number of examples of models from the literature, and discuss some of what is known about the (in)compatibility of overall societal welfare with individual incentives to form and sever links

Jackson, Matthew O.

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A Survey of Models of Network Formation: Stability

and Efficiency

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A Survey of Models of Network Formation: Stability and Efficiency

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