WORKING GROUP ON FORMATION AND DECAY OF ECONOMIC NETWORKS

Inaugural meeting, February 4-5, 2002
Russell Sage Foundation, New York, NY

Agenda

Monday, February 4

9:00 am
        Continental breakfast

9:25 am
        Introductions and Opening Remarks

9:30 am
         "Incentive-Compatible Network Formation"
                       Rachel Kranton, Department of Economics, University of Maryland

10:30 am
        Break

11:00 am         "Decay of Economic Networks"
                        Ron Burt, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago

Noon               Break

12:30 pm
        Lunch

1:30 pm
          "Learning, Motivation, and Friendship in Industry Peer Networks"
                        Stoyan Sgourev, Stanford University
                        Ezra Zuckerman, Sloan School of Management, MIT

2:30 pm           Break

3:00 pm           "Entrepreneurial Network Formation"
                        Jim Rauch, Department of Economics, UC San Diego and NBER

4:00 pm           Break

4:30 pm           "Network Formation and Geography"
                        Toby Stuart, Columbia Business School, Columbia University

5:30 pm
        Break

7:00 pm         Dinner

Tuesday, February 5

9:00 am         Continental breakfast

9:30 am         "Identification of Network Effects"
                      Kaivan Munshi, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania
                            Plus
a brief presentation by Jim Rauch of "Learning About Technology: Pineapple in Ghana"
                            by Tim Conley, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago
                            Chris Udry, Department of Economics, Yale University

11:00 am
        Break

11:30 am
        "Formation and Decay of Economic Networks: Where do we stand?"
                        Group Discussion

12:30 pm
        Lunch and Discussion of future group activities

2:00 pm
          Adjourn

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