Contagion and the Responsibility of Networks - From Pandemics to Financial Crises and Fake News

The term "contagion" and the theory of networks is nowadays employed to study increasingly diverse issues such as financial crises, epidemics, and fake news. This book discusses contagion over social and economic networks, and its consequences for modern societies.

List of contents

1. What are networks? 2. Externalities and contagion 3. Epidemics and networks 4. Information diffusion as contagion 5. Epidemics in finance 6. Network responsibility Index

About the author

Pietro Battiston is an Assistant Professor in Economics at University of Pisa, Italy.

Summary

The term “contagion” and the theory of networks is nowadays employed to study increasingly diverse issues such as financial crises, epidemics, and fake news. This book discusses contagion over social and economic networks, and its consequences for modern societies.

Product details

• Authors: Pietro Battiston
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.12.2024
• EAN: 9781032791975
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3279197-5
• No. of pages: 138
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; Social Theory, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Accounting / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Finance / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Microeconomics, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Social Theory, Political science & theory, Economic theory & philosophy, Finance & accounting, Political science and theory, Microeconomics, Economic theory and philosophy, Finance and accounting