Identifier
etd-06262013-095701
Degree
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department
Economics
Document Type
Dissertation
Abstract
This dissertation consists of three essays which investigate individuals’ interaction in different contexts using social network analysis. The first essay generalizes the models of link formation of Rogers (2005) by allowing that giving and asking choices can be made separately and simultaneously by each agent. We focus on two specifications of the relationship function: the concave specification and the linear specification. The second essay empirically tests how the pattern of village structure, in terms of lineage network composition, affects people’s reciprocal behavior, utilizing data from Chinese Household Income Project Survey 2002. The third essay demonstrates different types of asymmetries and investigates individuals’ behavior in a model of friendship networks based on Brueckner (2006).
Date
2013
Document Availability at the Time of Submission
Release the entire work immediately for access worldwide.
Recommended Citation
He, Quqiong, "Strategic interaction and social networks" (2013). LSU Doctoral Dissertations. 2372.
https://repository.lsu.edu/gradschool_dissertations/2372
Committee Chair
Sarangi, Sudipta
DOI
10.31390/gradschool_dissertations.2372