DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS WORKING PAPER SERIES (Non-)Existence and Scope of Nash Networks
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For the connections model of strategic network formation, with two-way flow of information and without information decay, specific parameter configurations are given for which Nash networks do not exist. Moreover, existence and the scope of Nash network architectures are briefly discussed. JEL Classification: C72, D85
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