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physics.soc-ph2008★ 2 cited
'Binge' drinking in the UK: a social network phenomenon
Paul Ormerod, Greg Wiltshire
We analyse the recent rapid growth of 'binge' drinking in the UK. This means the consumption of large amounts of alcohol, especially by young people, leading to serious anti-social…
cond-mat2001
System Fitness and the Extinction Patterns of Firms under Pure Economic Competition
P Ormerod, H Johns
The relationships which characterise the outcomes of the interactions between firms in the economy appear to follow power law behaviour. In particular, there is evidence that the e…
cond-mat2001
Assessing the Predictability of Social and Economic Time-Series Data: the example of crime in the UK
Paul Ormerod, Laurence Smith
Policy targets are being set increasingly for social and economic variables in the UK. This approach requires that reasonably successful ex ante forecasts can be made. We propose a…