We investigate whether social connections within the hedge fund industry affect investment decisions. Data is collected from interviews and observations with industry participants in Europe, the United States and Asia. Quantitatively analyzing the mapped social network, we find that decision...

A common problem in the empirical research of communication networks is how to construct network models from raw data. Email communication datasets are typically transformed into networks in which nodes designate email users and ties connect nodes if an email has been exchanged between the...