Networks and clubs

B-Tier
Journal: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization
Year: 2007
Volume: 64
Issue: 3-4
Pages: 406-425

Score contribution per author:

1.005 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 1.0x B-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

We formulate a club model where players' have identical single-peaked preferences over club sizes as a network formation game. For situations with "many" clubs, we provide necessary and sufficient for non-emptiness of the farsighted core and the direct (or myopic) core. With "too few" clubs, if players are farsighted then the farsighted core is empty. In this same case, if players are myopic then the direct core is always nonempty and, for any club network in the direct core, clubs are of nearly equal size (i.e., clubs differ in size by at most one member).

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:jeborg:v:64:y:2007:i:3-4:p:406-425
Journal Field
Theory
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-28