Satellite Symposium on Economics in Networks
The NetSci 2012 Satellite Symposium on Economics in Networks was held on June 19 at Northwestern University.
Location
Northwestern University, Jacobs Center, 2001 Sheridan Rd. Room G03
Program
8:30 to 9:00 Breakfast
9:00 to 10:15 Session One Spread
Troy Tassier Hospital Worker Contact Networks: The Spread of Infectious Disease and Strategic Vaccine Decisions
William Rand Trust and Influence: Viral Marketing and Social Networks
10:15 to 10:45 Coffee Break
10:45 to 12:15 Session Two Teams
Kate Anderson Individual Heterogeneity and Collaboration Network Formation
Ben Jones The Demand for Collaboration in Science
Brandy Aven Network Diversity of Founding Teams: Entrepreneurial Performance in Late Imperial Russia
12:15 to 1:30 Lunch
1:30 to 3:00 Session Three Markets and Games
Alison Watts Fund-Raising Games Played on a Network
Doyne Farmer Market Impact and Financial Instability
Arun Sundararajan Network Seeding
3:00 to 3:30 Coffee Break
3:30 to 4:30 Session Four Cooperation
Sergio Currarini Behaviour on Social Networks: Externalities, Altruism and Peer Effects
Brian Rogers Cooperation in Anonymous Dynamic Social Networks
Speaker Links
Kate Anderson, Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University
Brandy Aven, Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University (tentative)
Sergio Currarini, Università di Venezia
Doyne Farmer, Santa Fe Institute
Ben Jones, Kellogg School of Management
William Rand, Smith School of Business, University of Maryland
Brian Rogers, Kellogg School of Management
Arun Sundararajan, NYU Stern School of Business
Troy Tassier, Fordham University
Alison Watts, Southern Illinois University
Organizer
PJ Lamberson, Kellogg School of Management and Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems (NICO).