Network Economics : Springer : 9780792383505 : 0792383508 : 31 Dec 1998 : Since the publication of the first edition of Network Economics: A Variational Inequality Approach in 1993, there have been many ad­ vances in both methodological developments, as well as, applications in this field. These have occurred in an environment of an increasingly networked global economy, in which the importance of transportation networks and communication networks is now well-recognized, with net­ works such as knowledge networks, environmental networks, and finan­ cial networks receiving growing attention. This edition adds recent research progress in new and evolving ar­ eas of network economics through common and unifying principles. In addition, it includes dynamic models of traffic, of spatially separated markets, of oligopolistic markets, and of financial markets. In order to expand the range and reach of this material, we have also included a series of problems in an appendix for self-study purp