Relating Network Structure to Diffusion Properties through Stochastic Dominance

Matthew Jackson and Brian Rogers

The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics, 2007, vol. 7, issue 1, 16

Abstract: We examine the spread of a disease or behavior through a social network. In particular, we analyze how infection rates depend on the distribution of degrees (numbers of links) among the nodes in the network. We introduce new techniques using first- and second order stochastic dominance relationships of the degree distribution in order to compare infection rates across different social networks.

Keywords: diffusion; infection; SIS; networks; social networks (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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DOI: 10.2202/1935-1704.1341

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