Iron Curtain and Big Data are two words usually used to denote completely two different eras. Yet, the context the former offers and the rich data source the latter provides, enable the causal identification of the effect of networks on migration. Academics in countries behind the Iron Curtain...

We experimentally explore public good production levels, and the endogenous formation of network structures to facilitate output sharing, among agents with heterogeneous production costs or valuations. Results corroborate the key theoretical insights of Kinateder & Merlino (2017) characterizing...

Social networks are a key factor of success in life, but they are also strongly segmented on gender, ethnicity, and other demographic characteristics (Jackson, 2010). We present novel evidence on an understudied source of homophily: behavioral traits. Behavioral traits are important determinants...

The WallStreetBets forum provides the perfect echo chamber to study retail investor attention and sentiment. We train a machine learning model on propriety data to classify daily forum-wide sentiment and for individual stocks. We show that forum-wide sentiment is inversely related to the VIX....

We consider the implications of gender homophily in Economics, which has persisted despite the significant increase in women in the field. As women remain underrepresented, gender homophily may serve as a constraint in collaboration. It could also lead to less gender diverse co-author teams than...

Social networks are a key factor of success in life, but they are also strongly segmented on gender, ethnicity, and other demographic characteristics (Jackson, 2010). We present novel evidence on an understudied source of homophily: behavioral traits. Behavioral traits are important determinants...

This paper develops a model of delegative democracy in which each voter can either vote directly or delegate her vote, together with the votes delegated to her, to another voter and analyzes the incentive for delegation and its impact on the quality of collective decision. A key finding is that...

The major objective of the research is to analyses how the concept of the friendship constructed in the production of social relations. The design of the study is qualitative method and the methods of Descriptive analysis has also been used. In this case, the concept of friendship, as stated in...

Significant improvements in board gender diversity have been achieved. Nevertheless, current global trends indicate gender equity progress is waning (Deloitte, 2022). Growing backlash against workplace diversity and inclusion programs, politicisation of equity initiatives, and stagnant female...

The prevalence of social network sites (SNS) and messaging platforms (MSG) has transformed the way people communicate, interact, and share information. However, concerns about digital wellbeing have arisen due to issues such as personal information disclosure, excessive usage, fake news,...