On Networks and Markets by Rauch and Casella, eds.
评述了Rauch和Casella合编的《网络与市场》一书，梳理了经济网络研究的核心概念与操作问题，讨论了三种网络类型及其经济影响，并评估了当前研究的优缺点。
This essay reviews Networks and Markets, edited by James E. Rauch and Alessandra Casella. This book provides a useful vehicle for clarifying the main conceptual and operational issues facing the growing study of economic networks. Three types of networks are discussed: networks as concentrated or patterned exchange; as primordial relations; and, the most general, networks as structures of mutual orientation. An overview is provided of the challenges faced by research on the economic implications of three types of networks. The strengths and weaknesses of current research on economic networks are examined via a review of the contributions in the book.