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The Empirical Analysis of Networks
In collaboration with the
Universidad de Alicante Alicante, 26-27 May |
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Objectives
Networks have been an active field of theoretical research in economics over the last decade. These theories have been applied in order to increase our understanding of the distribution of crime, unemployment or industrial innovation. This research has generated a number of fascinating predictions concerning the effects of networks as well as about the structure of networks. These predictions motivate the empirical study of networks.
The empirical research in economics is close in motivation as well as methodology to the research being done in other subjects such as sociology, physics, and management science. This conference brings together the best research in the empirical analysis of networks across these different subjects. The objective is to inform attendants on the latest developments with respect to the empirical analysis of social networks, but also to stimulate the contact between different disciplines that analyze social networks.
Prestigious professors from the United States and Europe will discuss the latest developments with respect to the statistical analysis of networks, as well as important applications on the role of networks in health, crime, the judicial system, local governments and scientific research.
Programme
Monday, May 26th
9.30 – 10.00 h: Registration
10.00 – 10.15 h: Word of Welcome
10.15 – 11.00 h
"Eat, Drink, and Be Merry: The Spread of Health Phenomena in Social Networks"
Nicholas Christakis, Harvard University
11.00 – 11.45 h
"Juvenile Delinquency, Deterrence, and Conformism"
Eleonora Patacchini, ‘La Sapienza’ University of Rome
11.45 – 12.15 h: Coffee break
12.15 – 13.00 h
"Structure and Modelling of Large-Scale Social Networks"
Jukka-Pekka Onnela, University of Oxford
13.00 – 15.00 h: Lunch
15.00 – 15.45 h
"The Formation of Risk Pooling Groups: An Experimental Analysis"
Marcel Fafchamps, University of Oxford
15.45 – 16.00 h: Coffee break
16.00 – 16.45 h
"A Few Ideas about Inference for Network/Social Interaction Models"
Timothy Conley, University of Chicago
16.45 – 17.30 h
"Adoption Curves and Social Interactions"
Steven Durlauf, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Tuesday, May 27th
10.00 – 10.15 h: Coffee
10.15 – 11.00 h
"Actor-oriented Statistical Models for the Dynamics of Non-directed Networks"
Tom Snijders, U. of Oxford & U. of Groningen
11.00 – 11.45 h
"A Longitudinal Model of Network Formation: Heider's theory of Balance vs Simmel's triadic formation"
Mark Handcock, University of Washington
11.45 – 12.15 h: Coffee break
12.15 – 13.00 h
"Scientific Networks and Coauthorship"
Marco van der Leij, University of Alicante
13.00 – 15.00 h: Lunch
15.00 – 15.45 h
"The Efficacy of Parochial Politics: Caste, Commitment, and Competence in Indian Local Governments"
Kaivan Munshi, Brown University
15.45 – 16.00 h: Coffee break
16.00 – 16.45 h
"Behaviour in Networks of Collaborators: Theory and Evidence from the English Judiciary"
Jordi Blanes-i-Vidal, London School of Economics
16.45 – 17.30 h
"Network Architecture, Homophily, and Information Flow: Evidence from a Field Experiment"
Iwan Barankay, University of Warwick
Venue
Salón de Grados
Universidad de Alicante
Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales
Ctra. de San Vicente del Raspeig s/n.
Alicante (Spain)