Report NEP-NET-2026-02-16

This is the archive for NEP-NET, a report on new working papers in the area of Network Economics. Alfonso Rosa-García (Alfonso Rosa-Garcia) issued this report. It is usually issued weekly.

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• Yunus C. Aybas & Matthew O. Jackson, 2026, "Social Learning with Endogenous Information and the Countervailing Effects of Homophily," Papers, arXiv.org, number 2602.00934, Jan.
• Michael Balzer & Adhen Benlahlou, 2026, "Strategic Interactions in Science and Technology Networks: Substitutes or Complements?," Papers, arXiv.org, number 2602.02403, Feb.
• Feltham, Eric Martin & Christakis, Nicholas, 2026, "Cognitive Expectations of Homophily in Village Social Networks," SocArXiv, Center for Open Science, number z4nyq_v2, Jan, DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/z4nyq_v2.
• Heather N. Fogarty & Sooie-Hoe Loke & Nicholas F. Marshall & Enrique A. Thomann, 2026, "Optimal Risk-Sharing Rules in Network-based Decentralized Insurance," Papers, arXiv.org, number 2602.05155, Feb.
• Soria, Chris & Feehan, Dennis, 2026, "Social Network Structure Rivals Smoking and Income as a Predictor of U.S. County Mortality," SocArXiv, Center for Open Science, number kvmx6_v3, Jan, DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/kvmx6_v3.
• Andrei Zeleneev, 2026, "Identification and Estimation of Network Models with Nonparametric Unobserved Heterogeneity," Papers, arXiv.org, number 2602.06885, Feb.
• Ilias Aarab & Thomas Gottron & Andrea Colombo & Jorg Reddig & Annalauro Ianiro, 2026, "Integrating granular data into a multilayer network: an interbank model of the euro area for systemic risk assessment," Papers, arXiv.org, number 2602.10960, Feb.
• Seong-Young Kim & Phillip H Kim, 2025, "Interfirm network positioning and firm performance during the mature stage of the Global semiconductor industry," Post-Print, HAL, number hal-05410602, Oct, DOI: 10.59876/a-10j0-q4h2.
• Joy Das Bairagya & Jonathan Newton & Sagar Chakraborty, 2026, "Collaboration drives phase transitions towards cooperation in prisoner's dilemma," Papers, arXiv.org, number 2602.11601, Feb.
• Yi Xiang & Pascal Welke & Chengzhi Zhang & Jian Wang, 2026, "Beyond Pairwise Distance: Cognitive Traversal Distance as a Holistic Measure of Scientific Novelty," Papers, arXiv.org, number 2602.06607, Feb.
• Philipp Jonas Kreutzer & Josef Taalbi, 2026, "Collaboration for the Bioeconomy -- Evidence from Innovation Output in Sweden, 1970-2021," Papers, arXiv.org, number 2602.05112, Feb.