Social Networks and Network Formation 2013

Dear Colleagues,

Both globalization and internet lead to an increased interest in networks and network formation. Today firms are globally linked via business relationships and consumers via online social networks. The (increased) practical relevance of network research, yielded additional interest in different disciplines. Today economics, sociology and the natural sciences investigate networks from their perspective resulting in a highly interdisciplinary research field.

Although interdisciplinary in nature, most research focuses on the strategic decisions of participants, be they human participants or computerized agents. New insights are found using game theory, simulations or empirical studies that reshape our views on human interaction. Network effects are relevant in our everyday lives and have applications such as trust networks, contributions to public goods, (job) search or
traffic control.

In 2010 the journal Games published a successful Special Issue on network research. Given the persisting importance of networks as an interdisciplinary field, Games will publish a follow-up Special Issue devoted to this topic. We welcome reviews and original papers, which touch upon the strategic aspect of networks and network formation. Contributions from other disciplines other than economics (e.g., sociology, physics or computer science) are welcome.

Dr.-Ing. Stephan Schosser
Guest Editor

Bernhard Voelkl
Article: The ‘Hawk-Dove’ Game and the Speed of the Evolutionary Process in Small Heterogeneous Populations

Gilles Grandjean, Ana Mauleon and Vincent Vannetelbosch
Article: A Characterization of Farsightedly Stable Networks

Marco Tomassini and Enea Pestelacci
Article: Coordination Games on Dynamical Networks

Siegfried Berninghaus and Hans Haller
Article: Local Interaction on Random Graphs

Sven Van Segbroeck, Francisco C. Santos, Jorge M. Pacheco and Tom Lenaerts
Article: Coevolution of Cooperation, Response to Adverse Social Ties and Network Structure

Antonie Knigge and Vincent Buskens
Article: Coordination and Cooperation Problems in Network Good Production

Franz Wirl and Gustav Feichtinger
Article: Modelling Social Dynamics (of Obesity) and Thresholds

Antonio Guarino and Antonella Ianni
Article: Bayesian Social Learning with Local Interactions

Pascal Billand, Christophe Bravard and Sudipta Sarangi
Article: The Insider-Outsider Model Reexamined

Submission

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. Papers will be published continuously (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as communications are invited.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are refereed through a peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Games is an international peer-reviewed Open Access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The article processing charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 1600 CHF (Swiss francs). English correction and/or formatting fees will be charged in certain cases for those articles accepted for publication that require extensive additional formatting and/or English corrections. For further details see here.