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Trust and Partner Selection in Social Networks: An Experimentally Grounded Model
Univ Turin, Coll Carlo Alberto, I-10124 Turin, Italy / GECS Res Grp Expt & Computat Sociol, Brescia, Italy.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2837-0137
GECS Res Grp Expt & Computat Sociol, Brescia, Italy / Univ Brescia, Dipartimento Sociali, I-25121 Brescia, Italy .
GECS Res Grp Expt & Computat Sociol, Brescia, Italy / Univ Turin, Dipartimento Sci Econ & Finanziarie G Prato, I-10124 Turin, Italy.
2012 (English)In: Social Networks, ISSN 0378-8733, E-ISSN 1879-2111, Vol. 34, no 4, p. 481-492Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

This article investigates the importance of the endogenous selection of partners for trust and cooperation in market exchange situations, where there is information asymmetry between investors and trustees. We created an experimental-data driven agent-based model where the endogenous link between interaction outcome and social structure formation was examined starting from heterogeneous agent behaviour. By testing various social structure configurations, we showed that dynamic networks lead to more cooperation when agents can create more links and reduce exploitation opportunities by free riders. Furthermore, we found that the endogenous network formation was more important for cooperation than the type of network. Our results cast serious doubt about the static view of network structures on cooperation and can provide new insights into market efficiency.

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2012. Vol. 34, no 4, p. 481-492
Keywords [en]
Partner selection, Trust, Cooperation, Laboratory experiment, Agent-based model, Social networks
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Sociology
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Social Sciences, Sociology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-28491DOI: 10.1016/j.socnet.2012.03.001OAI: oai:DiVA.org:lnu-28491DiVA, id: diva2:643214
Available from: 2013-08-26 Created: 2013-08-26 Last updated: 2017-12-06Bibliographically approved

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