Social Networks and Trust

Vincent Buskens holds a masters degree in Discrete Mathematics and in Technological Development Science and graduated in Sociology in 1999 at Utrecht University. His Ph.D. research, which combines theory and applications from Sociology and Economics, was awarded with the prize for the best dissertation in economics in the Netherlands from the Royal Netherlands' Economic Association in 1998-1999. From 1999 to 2000 he worked as a visiting scholar at Stanford Graduate School of Business and at the University of Chicago. As of 2000, he works as a research fellow at the Interuniversity Center for Social Science Theory and Methodology (ICS), located at Utrecht University, The Netherlands

Introduction: Embedded Trust.- Social Network Analysis and Game Theory: Basic Concepts and Assumptions.- A Game-theoretic Model for Control Effects in Social Networks.- A Stochastic Model for Information Diffusion in Social Networks.- Contracting in Information Technology Transactions: A Survey.- Buying a Used Car: An Experiment.- Summary and New Perspectives.