Social networks and trust / by Vincent Buskens.

Author/creator Buskens, Vincent Willem, 1968-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoBoston ; London : Kluwer Academic Publishers,
Descriptionxvi, 269 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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Subjects
Social networks.
Trust.

SeriesTheory and decision library. Series C, Game theory, mathematical programming, and operations research ; v. 30
Contents Machine generated contents note: 1. INTRODUCTION: EMBEDDED TRUST -- 1.1 Examples -- 1.2 Trust -- 1.2.1 Defining Trust -- 1.2.2 Trust in Isolated Encounters -- 1.2.3 Trust in Repeated Transactions -- 1.2.4 Trust in Social Networks -- 1.2.5 Arrangements to Reduce the Trust Problem -- 1.3 Research Questions -- 1.4 Overview -- 2. SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS AND GAME THEORY -- 2.1 Social Network Analysis -- 2.2 Game Theory -- 3. A GAME-THEORETIC MODEL FOR CONTROL EFFECTS IN -- SOCIAL NETWORKS -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Construction of the Model -- 3.3 Solution of the Model -- 3.4 Properties of the Solution -- 3.5 Approximation Using Linearization -- 3.6 Approximation Using Simulation -- 3.6.1 Methods -- 3.6.2 Analyses for Simulated Data -- 3.7 Substantive Implications -- 3.8 Discussion -- 4. A STOCHASTIC MODEL FOR INFORMATION DIFFUSION IN -- SOCIAL NETWORKS -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 The Model -- 4.2.1 Assumptions and Main Theorem -- 4.2.2 Diffusion Times and Centrality Measures -- 4.3 Analytic Results for Diffusion Times -- 4.4 The Simulation -- 4.4.1 Methods -- 4.4.2 Analyses for Simulated Data -- 4.5 Substantive Implications Related to Trust -- 4.6 Discussion -- 5. CONTRACTING IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY -- TRANSACTIONS: A SURVEY -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Data and Hypotheses -- 5.2.1 Description of the Data -- 5.2.2 Operationalizations -- 5.2.3 Summary Statistics of the Variables -- 5.2.4 Hypotheses -- 5.3 Analyses -- 5.3.1 Methods -- 5.3.2 Tests of the Hypotheses -- 5.3.3 Interpretation of the Network Effects -- 5.4 Conclusions and Discussion -- 6. BUYING A USED CAR: AN EXPERIMENT -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 The Vignette Experiment -- 6.2.1 The Setting -- 6.2.2 Independent Variables -- N 6.2.3 Method of Paired Comparison -- 6.2.4 Vignette Selection -- 6.2.5 Subject Characteristics -- 6.3 Data Collection -- 6.4 Analyses -- 6.4.1 Methods -- 6.4.2 Tests of the Hypotheses -- 6.4.3 Presentation Effects -- 6.4.4 Subject Effects -- 6.5 Conclusions and Discussion -- 7. SUMMARY AND NEW PERSPECTIVES -- 7.1 Results -- 7.2 Discussion -- 7.3 Suggestions for Further Research -- Appendices -- A- Mathematical Details -- B- Network Construction Methods for Valued Networks -- C- Information on the MAT95 Questionnaire -- D- The Vignette Experiment.
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LCCN 2002283180
ISBN1402070101

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