On the role of imitation in social networks

• Autores: Nikolaos Tsakas
• Directores de la Tesis: Antonio Cabrales Goitia (dir. tes.)
• Lectura: En la Universidad Carlos III de Madrid ( España ) en 2014
• Idioma: inglés
• Tribunal Calificador de la Tesis: Coralio Ballester Pla (presid.), Ignacio Ortuño Ortín (secret.), Syngjoo Choi (voc.)
• Materias:
  • Ciencias económicas
    • Teoría económica
      • Teoría microeconómica
    • Economía general
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• Resumen

  • This thesis focuses on the role of imitation in social networks. We study diffusion processes where the agents imitate successful past behavior of their neighbors. I characterize the long run properties of these processes, as well as targeting strategies that lead to maximum diffusion of a specific desired action in a network. Although theoretical, the results can have direct applications in different fields, like marketing and public policy