Network Games

Andrea Galeotti (), Sanjeev Goyal, Matthew Jackson, Fernando Vega-Redondo and Leeat Yariv

No ECO2008/07, Economics Working Papers from European University Institute

Abstract: In a variety of contexts - ranging from public goods provision to information collection - a player's well-being depends on own action as well as on the actions taken by his or her neighbors. We provide a framework to analyze such strategic interactions when neighborhood structure, modeled in terms of an underlying network of connections, a¤ects payo¤s. We provide results characterizing how the network structure, an individual.s position within the network, the nature of games (strategic substitutes versus complements and positive versus negative externalities), and the level of information, shape individual behavior and payoffs.

Keywords: Networks; Network Games; Graphical Games; Diffusion; Incomplete Information (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C72 D85 L14 Z13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-gth, nep-ict, nep-net and nep-soc
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