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Duncan J. Watts
Researcher at University of Pennsylvania
Publications - 151
Citations - 91960
Duncan J. Watts is an academic researcher from University of Pennsylvania. The author has contributed to research in topics: Randomness & Small-world network. The author has an hindex of 62, co-authored 146 publications receiving 83816 citations. Previous affiliations of Duncan J. Watts include Cornell University & Microsoft.
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Computational Social Science: Exciting Progress and Future Challenges
TL;DR: In this talk, some examples of research that would not have been possible just a handful of years ago and that illustrate the promise of CSS are highlighted and at the same time they illustrate its limitations.
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The Measure of All Things: Finding Out That Something Doesn't Work Is the First Step Toward Learning What Does Work
TL;DR: In this paper, Watts shares insights from his new book Everything is Obvious, including a recent randomized experiment testing online advertising with 1.6 million Yahoo! users and finds that almost all the effect was for older consumers, and the ads were largely ineffective for people under 40.
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Inside Money, Procyclical Leverage, and Banking Catastrophes
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore a model of the interaction between banks and outside investors in which the ability of banks to issue inside money (short-term liabilities believed to be convertible into currency at par) can generate a collapse in asset prices and widespread bank insolvency.