Social networks and trust
By: by Vincent Buskens.
Series: Theory and decision library.; v. 30
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Boston; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 269
Subjects: Social networks; Trust
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1. INTRODUCTION: EMBEDDED TRUST; title: 1.1 Examples; title: 1.2 Trust; title: 1.2.1 Defining Trust; title: 1.2.2 Trust in Isolated Encounters; title: 1.2.3 Trust in Repeated Transactions; title: 1.2.4 Trust in Social Networks; title: 1.2.5 Arrangements to Reduce the Trust Problem; title: 1.3 Research Questions; title: 1.4 Overview; title: 2. SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS AND GAME THEORY; title: 2.1 Social Network Analysis; title: 2.2 Game Theory; title: 3. A GAME-THEORETIC MODEL FOR CONTROL EFFECTS IN; title: SOCIAL NETWORKS; title: 3.1 Introduction; title: 3.2 Construction of the Model; title: 3.3 Solution of the Model; title: 3.4 Properties of the Solution; title: 3.5 Approximation Using Linearization; title: 3.6 Approximation Using Simulation; title: 3.6.1 Methods; title: 3.6.2 Analyses for Simulated Data; title: 3.7 Substantive Implications; title: 3.8 Discussion; title: 4. A STOCHASTIC MODEL FOR INFORMATION DIFFUSION IN; title: SOCIAL NETWORKS; title: 4.1 Introduction; title: 4.2 The Model; title: 4.2.1 Assumptions and Main Theorem; title: 4.2.2 Diffusion Times and Centrality Measures; title: 4.3 Analytic Results for Diffusion Times; title: 4.4 The Simulation; title: 4.4.1 Methods; title: 4.4.2 Analyses for Simulated Data; title: 4.5 Substantive Implications Related to Trust; title: 4.6 Discussion; title: 5. CONTRACTING IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; title: TRANSACTIONS: A SURVEY; title: 5.1 Introduction; title: 5.2 Data and Hypotheses; title: 5.2.1 Description of the Data; title: 5.2.2 Operationalizations; title: 5.2.3 Summary Statistics of the Variables; title: 5.2.4 Hypotheses; title: 5.3 Analyses; title: 5.3.1 Methods; title: 5.3.2 Tests of the Hypotheses; title: 5.3.3 Interpretation of the Network Effects; title: 5.4 Conclusions and Discussion; title: 6. BUYING A USED CAR: AN EXPERIMENT; title: 6.1 Introduction; title: 6.2 The Vignette Experiment; title: 6.2.1 The Setting; title: 6.2.2 Independent Variables; title: N 6.2.3 Method of Paired Comparison; title: 6.2.4 Vignette Selection; title: 6.2.5 Subject Characteristics; title: 6.3 Data Collection; title: 6.4 Analyses; title: 6.4.1 Methods; title: 6.4.2 Tests of the Hypotheses; title: 6.4.3 Presentation Effects; title: 6.4.4 Subject Effects; title: 6.5 Conclusions and Discussion; title: 7. SUMMARY AND NEW PERSPECTIVES; title: 7.1 Results; title: 7.2 Discussion; title: 7.3 Suggestions for Further Research; title: Appendices; title: A- Mathematical Details; title: B- Network Construction Methods for Valued Networks; title: C- Information on the MAT95 Questionnaire; title: D- The Vignette Experiment.