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A Micro-foundation of Social Capital in Evolving Social Networks
Ahmed M. Alaa, Kartik Ahuja, Mihaela van der Schaar
A social network confers benefits and advantages on individuals (and on groups), the literature refers to these advantages as social capital. This paper presents a micro-founded ma…
Evolution of Social Networks: A Microfounded Model
Ahmed M. Alaa, Kartik Ahuja, Mihaela van der Schaar
Many societies are organized in networks that are formed by people who meet and interact over time. In this paper, we present a first model to capture the micro-foundations of soci…
Self-organizing Networks of Information Gathering Cognitive Agents
Ahmed M. Alaa, Kartik Ahuja, Mihaela Van der Schaar
In many scenarios, networks emerge endogenously as cognitive agents establish links in order to exchange information. Network formation has been widely studied in economics, but on…
Towards a Theory of Societal Co-Evolution: Individualism versus Collectivism
Kartik Ahuja, Simpson Zhang, Mihaela van der Schaar
Substantial empirical research has shown that the level of individualism vs. collectivism is one of the most critical and important determinants of societal traits, such as economi…