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Eight degrees of separation

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We present a network formation game whose equilibria are undirected networks. Every connected couple contributes to the aggregate payoff by a fixed quantity, and the outcome is split between players according to the Myerson value allocation rule. This setup shows a wide multiplicity of non-empty equilibria, all of them connected. We show that the efficient equilibria of the game are either the empty network, or a network whose diameter does not exceed a threshold of 8 (i.e. there are no two nodes with a distance greater than 8).

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  • Pin, Paolo, 2011. "Eight degrees of separation," Research in Economics, Elsevier, vol. 65(3), pages 259-270, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:reecon:v:65:y:2011:i:3:p:259-270
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    • D85 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Network Formation

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