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Suicide: the key role of short range ties
Bertrand M. Roehner
The paper explores the connection between short-range social ties (i.e. links with close relatives) and the occurrence of suicide. The objective is to discriminate between a model…
physics.soc-ph2005
Consensus formation: The case of using cell phones while driving
Bertrand M. Roehner
Several models (including the widely used Sznajd model) have been proposed in order to describe the social phenomenon of consensus formation. The objective of the present paper is…
physics.soc-ph2005
Macro-players in stock markets
Bertrand M. Roehner
It is usually assumed that stock prices reflect a balance between large numbers of small individual sellers and buyers. However, over the past fifty years mutual funds and other in…