Group formation: The interaction of increasing returns and preferences’ diversity
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1 This is written for the volume Group formation in economics: networks, clubs, and coalitions edited by Gabrielle Demange and Myrna Wooders. This chapter is not intended to be a survey, and is quite naturally influenced by my own work. thank Francis Bloch and Myrna Wooders for helpful remarks.
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تاریخ انتشار 2001