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We gratefully acknowledge the helpful comments and suggestions provided by Gary Becker, James Coleman, Edward Laumann, George Loewenstein, John Padgett, Mark Shanley, Arnold Zellner and the editor of this journal. Earlier versions of this paper were presented at the annual meetings of the International Sunbelt Social Network Conference, Tampa, FL (1989), the Academy of Management, Washington, DC (1989), the ORSA/ITMS Joint National Conference, New York City (1989), and James Coleman's seminar on Mathematical Sociology (1990).

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