Research article: A simple model of homophily in social networks
Author: Currarini, S., J. Matheson and F. Vega-Redondo
Title: A simple model of homophily in social networks
Source: European Economic Review
Abstract: Biases in meeting opportunities have been recently shown to play a key role for the emergence of homophily in social networks (see Currarini et al., 2009). The aim of this paper is to provide a simple microfoundation of these biases in a model where the size and type-composition of the meeting pools are shaped by agents
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Currarini, S., J. Matheson and F. Vega-Redondo (2016): "A simple model of homophily in social networks", European Economic Review, 90, November, pp. 18-39.