Social Networks and Trust

• Main Author: Buskens, Vincent (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2002.
• Series: Theory and Decision Library C:, Series C: Game Theory, Mathematical Programming and Operations Research, 30
• Subjects: Management.; Operations research.; Decision making.; Economic theory.; Microeconomics.; Sociology.; Economics.; Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods.; Sociology, general.; Operation Research/Decision Theory.

Social Networks and Trust discusses two possible explanations for the emergence of trust via social networks. If network members can sanction untrustworthiness of actors, these actors may refrain from acting in an untrustworthy manner. Moreover, if actors are informed regularly about trustworthy beh...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Embedded Trust
• Social Network Analysis and Game Theory: Basic Concepts and Assumptions
• A Game-theoretic Model for Control Effects in Social Networks
• A Stochastic Model for Information Diffusion in Social Networks
• Contracting in Information Technology Transactions: A Survey
• Buying a Used Car: An Experiment
• Summary and New Perspectives.