The Evolution of Roommate Networks: A Comment on Jackson and Watts JET (2002)

  • Authors: Flip Klijn.
  • BSE Working Paper: 1296 | September 15
  • Keywords: Networks , core , roommate problems , stochastic stability
  • JEL codes: C62, C78
  • Networks
  • core
  • roommate problems
  • stochastic stability
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Abstract

We extend Jackson and Watts’s (2002) result on the coincidence of S-stochastically stable and core stable networks from marriage problems to roommate problems. In particular, we show that the existence of a side-optimal core stable network, on which the proof of Jackson and Watts (2002, Theorem 2) hinges, is not crucial for their result.

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