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Codiffusion of Technologies in Social Networks

  • Natalia Lazzati
American Economic Journal: Microeconomics
vol. 12, no. 4, November 2020
(pp. 193-228)
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Abstract

This paper studies the diffusion process of two complementary technologies among people who are connected through a social network. It characterizes adoption rates over time for different initial allocations and network structures. In doing so, we provide some microfoundations for the stochastic formation of consideration sets. We are particularly interested in the following question: suppose we want to maximize technology diffusion and have a limited number of units of each of the two technologies to initially distribute—how should we allocate these units among people in the social network?

Citation

Lazzati, Natalia. 2020. "Codiffusion of Technologies in Social Networks." American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 12 (4): 193-228. DOI: 10.1257/mic.20180220

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JEL Classification

  • D83 Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness
  • O33 Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
  • Z13 Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification
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