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The Geographic Spread of COVID-19 Correlates with the Structure of Social Networks as Measured by Facebook
Kuchler, Theresa - 2020
over and above physical proximity. These results suggest data from online social networks can be useful to epidemiologists …
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Social Connectedness in Urban Areas
Bailey, Michael - 2019
We use anonymized and aggregated data from Facebook to explore the spatial structure of social networks in the New York … metro area. We highlight the importance of transportation infrastructure in shaping urban social networks by showingthat … distance is. We also document significant heterogeneity in the geographic breadth of social networks across New York zip codes …
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The Production and Consumption of Social Media
Filippas, Apostolos; Horton, John J. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
We model social media as collections of users producing and consuming content. Users value consuming content, but doing so uses up their scarce attention, and hence they prefer content produced by more able users. Users also value receiving attention, creating the incentive to attract an...
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Homophily, Group Size, and the Diffusion of Political Information in Social Networks : Evidence from Twitter
Halberstam, Yosh - 2014
In this paper, we investigate political communications in social networks characterized both by homophily-a tendency to … diffusion in social networks with homophily and two groups: conservatives and liberals. The model predicts that, with homophily …
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Competitive Job Seekers : When Sharing Less Leaves Firms at a Loss
Chiplunkar, Gaurav; Kelley, Erin M.; Lane, Gregory V. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
social networks to disseminate job information may see lower quality applicants than expected for their most competitive …
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Social Networks and Housing Markets
Bailey, Michael - 2016
We document that the recent house price experiences within an individual's social network affect her perceptions of the attractiveness of property investments, and through this channel have large effects on her housing market activity. Our data combine anonymized social network information from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012456417
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Kill Zone
Kamepalli, Sai Krishna - 2020
We study why high-priced acquisitions of entrants by an incumbent do not necessarily stimulate more innovation and entry in an industry (like that of digital platforms) where customers face switching costs and enjoy network externalities. The prospect of an acquisition by the incumbent platform...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012481729
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Doctors' and Nurses' Social Media Ads Reduced Holiday Travel and COVID-19 Infections : A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial
Breza, Emily; Stanford, Fatima Cody; Alsan, Marcella; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
During the COVID-19 epidemic, many health professionals started using mass communication on social media to relay critical information and persuade individuals to adopt preventative health behaviors. Our group of clinicians and nurses developed and recorded short video messages to encourage...
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The Impact of Large-Scale Social Media Advertising Campaigns on COVID-19 Vaccination : Evidence from Two Randomized Controlled Trials
Ho, Lisa Y.; Breza, Emily; Alsan, Marcella; Banerjee, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
social networks. Near the peak of the Omicron wave, doctor- and nurse-produced videos were disseminated to 17.8 million …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013462667
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The Effectiveness of Digital Interventions on COVID-19 Attitudes and Beliefs
Athey, Susan; Grabarz, Kristen; Luca, Michael; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
During the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, a common strategy for public health organizations around the world has been to launch interventions via advertising campaigns on social media. Despite this ubiquity, little has been known about their average effectiveness. We conduct a large-scale...
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