Research

My research spans empirical industrial organization, behavioural economics, market design, and political economy, with an emphasis on the design and dynamics of social and economic networks and the computational methods needed to study them.

Publications

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Targeting persistence: Coarse interventions in social networks

Wei Li, Philip Solimine

In Proceedings of the 27th ACM Conference on Economics and Computing (EC). p. 85. ACM · 2026

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Investment and misallocation in infrastructure networks: The case of US natural gas pipelines

Philip Solimine, Paul Schrimpf

In Proceedings of the 26th ACM Conference on Economics and Computing (EC). p. 8. ACM. · 2025

Link to conference paper Working paper (PDF)

Industrial organization Social and economic networks Dynamic networks Environmental economics Applied econometrics Machine learning

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Reputation and market structure in experimental platforms

Philip Solimine, R. Mark Isaac

In Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. Vol. 205, pp. 528-559. Elsevier · 2023

Link to journal article Working paper (PDF)

Market design Experimental markets and networks Decentralization Reputation systems and information design Networks Dynamic networks

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Input design for the optimal control of networked moments

Philip Solimine, Anke Meyer-Baese

In Proceedings of the 61st IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC). pp. 5894-5901. IEEE · 2022

Link to conference paper Working paper (PDF)

Networks Optimal control Input design Dynamic networks Graph theory Cybernetics

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The robustness of lemons in experimental markets

Blake Dunkle, R. Mark Isaac, Philip Solimine

In Research in Experimental Economics. Vol. 21, pp. 201-216. Emerald · 2022

Link to book chapter Working paper (PDF)

Market design Experimental markets and platforms Replication and robustness

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Network controllability metrics for corruption research

Philip Solimine

In Granados, O.M., Nicolás-Carlock, J.R. (eds) Corruption Networks. Understanding Complex Systems. pp. 29-50. Springer · 2021

Link to book chapter

Network corruption Social learning Optimal control Data science Networks Cybernetics

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Political corruption and the congestion of controllability in social networks

Philip Solimine

In Applied Network Science. Vol 5, pp. 23. Springer · 2020

Link to journal article Journal article (PDF)

Network corruption Social learning Optimal control Data science Networks Cybernetics

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Model reduction of structural biological networks by cycle removal

Amirhessam Tahmassebi, Behshad Mohebali, Philip Solimine, et al.

Proceedings of the SPIE: Smart Biomedical and Physiological Sensor Technology XVI · 2019

Dynamic networks Graph theory Network science Computational neuroscience Cybernetics

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Determining driver nodes in dynamic signed biological networks

Amirhessam Tahmassebi, Behshad Mohebali, Anke Meyer-Baese, Philip Solimine, et al.

Proceedings of the SPIE: Smart Biomedical and Physiological Sensor Technology XVI · 2019

Dynamic networks Graph theory Network science Computational neuroscience Cybernetics

Working papers

Works in progress

Work in progress

Viral demand and post-promotion behavior in platforms with network effects

Working paper · 2021

Digital platforms Network effects Industrial organization Applied machine learning

Work in progress

Barriers to entry and dynamic community structure in digital platforms

Working paper · 2021

Digital platforms Network effects Industrial organization Network econometrics Dynamic games Mean-field games

Work in progress

When life gives you lemons: An investigation into institutions that support reciprocity in markets with moral hazard

Working paper · 2020

Digital platforms Network effects Industrial organization Experimental economics Reputation systems

Research

Publications

Targeting persistence: Coarse interventions in social networks

Investment and misallocation in infrastructure networks: The case of US natural gas pipelines

Reputation and market structure in experimental platforms

Input design for the optimal control of networked moments

The robustness of lemons in experimental markets

Network controllability metrics for corruption research

Political corruption and the congestion of controllability in social networks

Model reduction of structural biological networks by cycle removal

Determining driver nodes in dynamic signed biological networks

Working papers

Coarse targeting in social networks

Investment and misallocation in infrastructure networks: The case of U.S. natural gas pipelines

Strategic formation of collaborative networks

Works in progress

Viral demand and post-promotion behavior in platforms with network effects

Barriers to entry and dynamic community structure in digital platforms

When life gives you lemons: An investigation into institutions that support reciprocity in markets with moral hazard