A growing empirical literature examines the role that networks play in a variety of economic
phenomena. This research can be crudely partitioned into two branches. The first holds …

This paper analyzes the formation of networks in which each agent is assumed to possess
some information of value to the other agents in the network. Agents derive payoff from …

To counteract the adverse effects of shocks, such as the global pandemic, on the economy,
governments have discussed policies to improve the resilience of supply chains by reducing …

This thesis comprises three related yet independent essays on approximate Bayesian
computation (ABC) and network models. Chapter 1 begins with a case study that assesses …

The propagation of bankruptcy-induced shocks across domestic and global economies is
sometimes very dramatic; this phenomenon can be modelled as a dynamical process in …