Suggested topics for the students of Economics of networks
- The socio-economic determinants of radicalization and terrorism
- The impact of terrorism on trust, social capital, social cohesion
- How war and conflicts affect trust, social capital, social cohesion
- Does migration affect trust, social capital, prosocial behaviour (e.g. tax compliance), criminality, electoral outcomes?
- Do natural disasters have behavioural consequences?
- Do natural disasters have political consequences?
- Religion, trust, tolerance and economic behaviour
- The political outcomes of religion
- The role of online social networks in trust, social capital
- Online networks, opinions and political participation
- Online networks, misinformation
- Social media, fake news, and populism
- The socio-economic and political consequences of the digital divide
- Offline vs. online networks in subjective well-being
- What is populism and which are the roots of its success?
- Networks, trust, tax compliance and preferences for redistribution
- The roots of the rise and success of criminal networks
- Networks and corruption
- How do networks and culture affect financial decisions?
- Does social capital alleviate risk perception and risk aversion?
- Networks and microcredit