TY - JOUR
T1 - Multiple activities in networks
AU - Chen, Ying Ju
AU - Zenou, Yves
AU - Zhou, Junjie
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 American Economic Association.
PY - 2018/8/1
Y1 - 2018/8/1
N2 - We consider a network model where individuals exert efforts in two types of activities that are interdependent. These activities can be either substitutes or complements. We provide a full characterization of the Nash equilibrium of this game for any network structure. We show, in particular, that quadratic games with linear best- reply functions aggregate nicely to multiple activities because equilibrium efforts obey similar formulas to that of the one- activity case. We then derive some comparative-statics results showing how own productivity affects equilibrium efforts and how network density impacts equilibrium outcomes.
AB - We consider a network model where individuals exert efforts in two types of activities that are interdependent. These activities can be either substitutes or complements. We provide a full characterization of the Nash equilibrium of this game for any network structure. We show, in particular, that quadratic games with linear best- reply functions aggregate nicely to multiple activities because equilibrium efforts obey similar formulas to that of the one- activity case. We then derive some comparative-statics results showing how own productivity affects equilibrium efforts and how network density impacts equilibrium outcomes.
UR - https://www.webofscience.com/wos/woscc/full-record/WOS:000442145000002
UR - https://openalex.org/W2787976079
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85051480199
U2 - 10.1257/mic.20160253
DO - 10.1257/mic.20160253
M3 - Journal Article
SN - 1945-7669
VL - 10
SP - 34
EP - 85
JO - American Economic Journal: Microeconomics
JF - American Economic Journal: Microeconomics
IS - 3
ER -