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The economics of social networks

Wednesday 16 - Thursday 17 June 2009

The Marriott Hotel, College Green, Bristol, BS1 5TA

Conference Organisers: In-Uck Park  and Sarah Smith

Social and economic networks are pervasive, playing an important role in various economic decisions, with profound and long-term implications on economic efficiency and welfare. The economic analysis of networks has made extensive developments over the years, overcoming both theoretical challenges and issues surrounding data sets. This two-day conference will foster further advancement of the subject by bringing together a group of leading researchers in the field to present and discuss their findings at the frontier of research.

Conference flyer (pdf, 83 kB)


Conference participants include:


For more information about this conference please contact: cmpo-office@bristol.ac.uk

SuSTaIn (Statistics underpinning Science, Technology and Industry) at the University of Bristol is holding a related research workshop entitled 'Statistical modelling and inference for networks' (Statworks) 28 June - 1 July 2010