Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/27275 
Year of Publication: 
2007
Series/Report no.: 
DIW Discussion Papers No. 751
Publisher: 
Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW), Berlin
Abstract: 
This paper addresses the existence of Nash equilibria in one-way flow or directed network models in a number of different settings. In these models players form costly links with other players and obtain resources from them through the directed path connecting them. We find that heterogeneity in the costs of establishing links play a crucial role in the existence of Nash networks. We also provide conditions for the existence of Nash networks in models where costs and values of links are heterogeneous.
Subjects: 
Network Formation
Non-cooperative Games
JEL: 
C72
D85
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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