ICES: Small: Networks, Public Goods, and Social Interactions: At the Edge of Analytics and Complexity

这个项目将社会网络和地理纳入公共物品的经济理论。公共产品是指能让很多人同时受益的产品。例如，创新、教育和社会服务对现代经济和经济增长都至关重要。该项目研究了公共产品提供中一个长期存在的问题：个人贡献使许多人受益，但贡献者不会因其工作的总体影响而获得报酬或报酬。该项目考虑了公共产品提供中的社会互动和社会激励。社区、邻里、种族和亲属都被认为是公共产品提供的核心。该项目在很大程度上借鉴了这些实证发现。它将社会网络和社会身份形式化，并将它们整合到决策的数学模型中。通过发展公共产品和社会互动的网络理论，该项目既推进了基础科学，又为实证研究和政策提供了新的方向指南。公共产品对高效劳动力和可持续经济增长至关重要。工业研发、健康、安全和环境保护只是公共产品的一些例子。在其科学使命中，该项目将促进对实际和虚拟社区和政府机构如何帮助或阻碍公共产品提供的理解。该项目结合了新的经济技术和计算机科学技术，以了解人们的网络如何促进经济增长。在其教育任务中，该项目将促进和推动妇女在两个科学领域的参与和教育- -计算机科学和经济科学- -妇女在这两个科学领域的代表性明显不足。该项目将开发课程并举办研讨会，以培训学生学习网络和战略游戏的一套工具。在人员和主题方面，该项目遵循了国家小组的建议，通过提供榜样和促进具有社会目标的研究来增加妇女对科学的参与。

This project brings social networks and geography into the economic theory of public goods. Public goods are goods that benefit many people all at once. For example, innovation, education, and social services are all critical to modern economies and economic growth. The project studies the long-standing problem in public good provision: individual contributions benefit many people, but contributors do not receive payment or recompense for the total impact of their work. This project considers social interactions and social incentives in public good provision. Communities, neighborhoods, ethnicity, and kin have all been argued to be central to the provision of public goods. The project draws heavily on these empirical findings. It formalizes social networks and social identity, and integrates them into mathematical models of decision-making. By developing a network theory of public goods and social interactions, the project both advances basic science and provides a guide to new directions for empirical research and policy.Public goods are vital to a productive workforce and sustainable economic growth. Industrial research and development, health, security, and environmental preservation are just some examples of public goods. In its scientific mission, this project will advance understanding of how actual and virtual communities and governmental agencies help or hinder the provision of public goods. The project combines new economic techniques and computer science techniques to understand how networks of people can contribute to economic growth. In its education mission, the project will promote and advance the participation and education of women in two scientific fields - computer science and economic science - where women are significantly underrepresented. The project will develop courses and run workshops to train students in a set of tools for studying networks and strategic games. In its personnel and subject matter, the project follows national panel recommendations to increase the participation of women in science by providing role models and fostering research with social objectives.