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Spatial competition on 2-dimensional markets and networks when consumers don't always go to the closest firm

We investigate the strategic behavior of firms in a Hotelling spatial setting. The innovation is to combine two important features that are ubiquitous in real markets: (i) the location space is two-dimensional, often with physical restrictions on …

Scaling laws and dynamics of hashtags on Twitter

In this paper, we quantify the statistical properties and dynamics of the frequency of hashtag use on Twitter. Hashtags are special words used in social media to attract attention and to organize content. Looking at the collection of all hashtags …