Investments in social ties, risk sharing, and inequality
Investments in social ties, risk sharing, and inequality
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Oxford University Press
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English
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Oxford University Press
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This article investigates stable and efficient networks in the context of risk sharing, when it is costly to establish and maintain relationships that facilitate risk sharing. We find a novel trade-off between efficiency and equality: the most stable efficient networks also generate the most inequality. We then suppose that individuals can be split...
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Investments in social ties, risk sharing, and inequality
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TN_cdi_crossref_primary_10_1093_restud_rdaa073
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_crossref_primary_10_1093_restud_rdaa073
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0034-6527
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1467-937X
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10.1093/restud/rdaa073
