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A Theory of Individualism, Collectivism and Economic Outcomes
Kartik Ahuja, Mihaela van der Schaar, William R. Zame
This paper presents a dynamic model to study the impact on the economic outcomes in different societies during the Malthusian Era of individualism (time spent working alone) and co…
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…
The user base dynamics of websites
Kartik Ahuja, Simpson Zhang, Mihaela van der Schaar
In this work we study for the first time the interaction between marketing and network effects. We build a model in which the online firm starts with an initial user base and contr…
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…
Efficient Interference Management Policies for Femtocell Networks
Kartik Ahuja, Yuanzhang Xiao, Mihaela van der Schaar
Managing interference in a network of macrocells underlaid with femtocells presents an important, yet challenging problem. A majority of spatial (frequency/time) reuse based approa…
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…