In a recent work, we studied music listenership patterns of 1.3 million online users to measure the direct and indirect effects of live concerts on song plays. We observe social contagion for only a certain type of musician and discuss how it can affect the music market. The Internet has fundamentally reshaped music and otherContinue reading “Your attendance to a concert affects the music your friends listen to”
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Corruption is in the fabric of societies
Many think that corruption is a result of wealth or the lack of it. Some assume that tighter regulations might stop corruption. Hence, socio-economic metrics have been used to explain the level of corruption in different places with different regulatory regimes. In our recent work, we show that corruption is in the fabric of theContinue reading “Corruption is in the fabric of societies”
Taha Yasseri 