Expansible Online Social Networks
15 Pages Posted: 3 Apr 2010 Last revised: 6 Apr 2010
Date Written: April 3, 2010
Abstract
This paper considers situations in which social networks expand on the web. These are sustained through content produced by individual agents. An incentive for such production is utility stemming from others’ viewings. Whether a network is expansible or not depends on marginal utilities from viewing and being viewed, while a greater marginal utility from viewing is necessary for such a network. This is proven using Nash equilibrium and a random graph in which agents are stochastically connected to each other.
Keywords: Complex Network, Random Graph, Social Capital, Social Network
JEL Classification: D85, L14
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