Calendrier du 11 février 2016
RISK Working Group
Du 11/02/2016 de 17:00 à 18:15
Campus jourdan,Bâtiment A, Rez de chaussée, Salle 4
JUIN Sandrine (Université Paris Est)
Financing long-term care through housing in Europe
écrit avec Carole Bonnet et Anne Laferrère
TOM (Théorie, Organisation et Marchés) Lunch Seminar
Du 11/02/2016 de 12:45 à 13:45
Campus jourdan, Bâtiment G, Rez de chaussée, Salle F (réunion)
HERNANDEZ Penelope (Valencia)
Conflict and segregation in networks: individual preferences and social influence
We examine the interplay between a person's individual preference and the social influence others exert. We provide a model of network relationships with conflicting preferences, where individuals are better off coordinating with those around them, but not all prefer the same action. We test our model in an experiment, varying the level of conflicting preferences between individuals. Our findings suggest that preferences are more salient than social influence, under conflicting preferences: subjects relate mainly with others who prefer the same. This leads to two undesirable outcomes: network segregation and social inefficiency. The same force that helps people individually hurts society.