This paper develops a better understanding of the explicit and implicit implications of the academic field's competitization, with a specific focus on the role that academic social networks and platforms (ASNPs) play in this process. By applying a mixed-methods approach combining a structural...

This study examines the role of exposure to different beliefs and opinions in the decision making of institutional investors. We exploit geographic variation in social media connections and political ideologies to identify plausible variation in the extent to which institutional investors...

We study how bankers affect financial decisions of their social connections. Comprehensive register data from Finland allow us to use a within-individual identification strategy that leverages changes in financial market participation surrounding job switches to the banking industry. This...

Social networking sites engage millions of users around the world. The users interactions with these social sites, such as Twitter and Facebook have a tremendous impact and occasionally undesirable repercussions for the daily life. The prominent social networking sites have turned into a target...