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Bibliography — BibTeX
Master bibliography in BibTeX form for the cultural-diffusion thread.
By Mike West
Namesake·Bibliography·source: people-analyst/baby-namer/docs/research/bibliography.bib
% Namesake Research Program — Bibliography
% Status: cultural-diffusion thread, first merged draft, 2026-04-29
% Scope: every citation referenced in docs/research/reports/ and the master
% study spec (docs/research/PHD_STUDY_SPEC.md). One key per work.
% Style: BibTeX. Keys are lastname_year_firstword.
% DOIs verified against publisher pages or CrossRef search.
% See literature-map.md for per-row annotations.
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% A. The Lieberson neutral-fashion debate
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@book{lieberson_2000_matter,
author = {Lieberson, Stanley},
title = {A Matter of Taste: How Names, Fashions, and Culture Change},
year = {2000},
publisher = {Yale University Press},
address = {New Haven},
url = {https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300094978/a-matter-of-taste/}
}
@article{hahn_2003_drift,
author = {Hahn, Matthew W. and Bentley, R. Alexander},
title = {Drift as a mechanism for cultural change: an example from baby names},
journal = {Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences},
volume = {270},
number = {Suppl. 1},
pages = {S120--S123},
year = {2003},
doi = {10.1098/rsbl.2003.0045}
}
@article{bentley_2007_regular,
author = {Bentley, R. Alexander and Lipo, Carl P. and Herzog, Harold A. and Hahn, Matthew W.},
title = {Regular rates of popular culture change reflect random copying},
journal = {Evolution and Human Behavior},
volume = {28},
number = {3},
pages = {151--158},
year = {2007},
doi = {10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2006.10.002}
}
@article{wright_1931_evolution,
author = {Wright, Sewall},
title = {Evolution in {M}endelian populations},
journal = {Genetics},
volume = {16},
number = {2},
pages = {97--159},
year = {1931},
doi = {10.1093/genetics/16.2.97}
}
@book{fisher_1930_genetical,
author = {Fisher, Ronald A.},
title = {The Genetical Theory of Natural Selection},
year = {1930},
publisher = {Clarendon Press},
address = {Oxford},
url = {https://archive.org/details/geneticaltheoryo031631mbp}
}
@article{kimura_1968_evolutionary,
author = {Kimura, Motoo},
title = {Evolutionary rate at the molecular level},
journal = {Nature},
volume = {217},
number = {5129},
pages = {624--626},
year = {1968},
doi = {10.1038/217624a0}
}
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% B. Phonetic neighborhoods and sound-driven fashion
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@article{berger_2012_karen,
author = {Berger, Jonah and Bradlow, Eric T. and Braunstein, Alex and Zhang, Yao},
title = {From {K}aren to {K}atie: Using baby names to understand cultural evolution},
journal = {Psychological Science},
volume = {23},
number = {10},
pages = {1067--1073},
year = {2012},
doi = {10.1177/0956797612443371}
}
@misc{cmu_pronouncing_dictionary,
author = {{Carnegie Mellon University}},
title = {The {CMU} Pronouncing Dictionary, version 0.7b},
year = {2014},
howpublished = {Software},
url = {http://www.speech.cs.cmu.edu/cgi-bin/cmudict},
note = {Maintainer: Robert L. Weide. Used for {ARPA}bet phoneme strings in Phase 3 of the cultural-diffusion pipeline.}
}
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% C. Cultural diffusion theory
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@article{bass_1969_new,
author = {Bass, Frank M.},
title = {A new product growth for model consumer durables},
journal = {Management Science},
volume = {15},
number = {5},
pages = {215--227},
year = {1969},
doi = {10.1287/mnsc.15.5.215}
}
@book{rogers_2003_diffusion,
author = {Rogers, Everett M.},
title = {Diffusion of Innovations},
edition = {5th},
year = {2003},
publisher = {Free Press},
address = {New York},
url = {https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Diffusion-of-Innovations-5th-Edition/Everett-M-Rogers/9780743222099}
}
@article{goel_2016_structural,
author = {Goel, Sharad and Anderson, Ashton and Hofman, Jake and Watts, Duncan J.},
title = {The structural virality of online diffusion},
journal = {Management Science},
volume = {62},
number = {1},
pages = {180--196},
year = {2016},
doi = {10.1287/mnsc.2015.2158}
}
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% D. Self-exciting processes and contagion dynamics
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@article{hawkes_1971_spectra,
author = {Hawkes, Alan G.},
title = {Spectra of some self-exciting and mutually exciting point processes},
journal = {Biometrika},
volume = {58},
number = {1},
pages = {83--90},
year = {1971},
doi = {10.1093/biomet/58.1.83}
}
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% E. Time-series causal inference (Granger / VAR)
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@article{granger_1969_investigating,
author = {Granger, C. W. J.},
title = {Investigating causal relations by econometric models and cross-spectral methods},
journal = {Econometrica},
volume = {37},
number = {3},
pages = {424--438},
year = {1969},
doi = {10.2307/1912791}
}
@article{sims_1980_macroeconomics,
author = {Sims, Christopher A.},
title = {Macroeconomics and reality},
journal = {Econometrica},
volume = {48},
number = {1},
pages = {1--48},
year = {1980},
doi = {10.2307/1912017}
}
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% F. Synthetic-control causal inference
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@article{abadie_2003_economic,
author = {Abadie, Alberto and Gardeazabal, Javier},
title = {The economic costs of conflict: A case study of the {B}asque {C}ountry},
journal = {American Economic Review},
volume = {93},
number = {1},
pages = {113--132},
year = {2003},
doi = {10.1257/000282803321455188}
}
@article{abadie_2010_synthetic,
author = {Abadie, Alberto and Diamond, Alexis and Hainmueller, Jens},
title = {Synthetic control methods for comparative case studies: Estimating the effect of {C}alifornia's tobacco control program},
journal = {Journal of the American Statistical Association},
volume = {105},
number = {490},
pages = {493--505},
year = {2010},
doi = {10.1198/jasa.2009.ap08746}
}
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% G. Spatial autocorrelation
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@article{moran_1950_notes,
author = {Moran, P. A. P.},
title = {Notes on continuous stochastic phenomena},
journal = {Biometrika},
volume = {37},
number = {1/2},
pages = {17--23},
year = {1950},
doi = {10.1093/biomet/37.1-2.17}
}
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% H. Predictability ceiling
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@article{salganik_2006_experimental,
author = {Salganik, Matthew J. and Dodds, Peter Sheridan and Watts, Duncan J.},
title = {Experimental study of inequality and unpredictability in an artificial cultural market},
journal = {Science},
volume = {311},
number = {5762},
pages = {854--856},
year = {2006},
doi = {10.1126/science.1121066}
}
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% I. Saturation, exposure, and reactance (Blockbuster Paradox)
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@article{hill_1910_possible,
author = {Hill, A. V.},
title = {The possible effects of the aggregation of the molecules of h{\ae}moglobin on its dissociation curves},
journal = {Journal of Physiology},
volume = {40},
pages = {iv--vii},
year = {1910},
url = {https://physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/14697793}
}
@article{goutelle_2008_hill,
author = {Goutelle, Sylvain and Maurin, Michel and Rougier, Florent and Barbaut, Xavier and Bourguignon, Laurent and Ducher, Mich{\`e}le and Maire, Pascal},
title = {The {H}ill equation: a review of its capabilities in pharmacological modelling},
journal = {Fundamental \& Clinical Pharmacology},
volume = {22},
number = {6},
pages = {633--648},
year = {2008},
doi = {10.1111/j.1472-8206.2008.00633.x}
}
@article{broadbent_1979_one,
author = {Broadbent, Simon},
title = {One way {TV} advertisements work},
journal = {Journal of the Market Research Society},
volume = {21},
number = {3},
pages = {139--166},
year = {1979}
}
@book{brehm_1966_theory,
author = {Brehm, Jack W.},
title = {A Theory of Psychological Reactance},
year = {1966},
publisher = {Academic Press},
address = {New York}
}
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% J. Survival analysis
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@article{cox_1972_regression,
author = {Cox, David R.},
title = {Regression models and life-tables},
journal = {Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series B (Methodological)},
volume = {34},
number = {2},
pages = {187--220},
year = {1972},
doi = {10.1111/j.2517-6161.1972.tb00899.x}
}
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% K. Multiple-testing control
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@article{benjamini_1995_controlling,
author = {Benjamini, Yoav and Hochberg, Yosef},
title = {Controlling the false discovery rate: A practical and powerful approach to multiple testing},
journal = {Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series B (Methodological)},
volume = {57},
number = {1},
pages = {289--300},
year = {1995},
doi = {10.1111/j.2517-6161.1995.tb02031.x}
}
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% L. Public data sources (research, not theory)
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@misc{ssa_baby_names,
author = {{U.S. Social Security Administration}},
title = {Beyond the Top 1000 Names: National data on the relative frequency of given names in the population of {U.S.} births},
year = {2025},
howpublished = {Public dataset},
url = {https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/limits.html},
note = {Annual national and state-level birth-name counts, 1880--2024 (national) and 1910--2024 (state). Snapshot used: 2026-04 release for births through calendar year 2024.}
}
@misc{google_trends,
author = {{Google}},
title = {{Google Trends}},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {Web service},
url = {https://trends.google.com/},
note = {Weekly search-interest indices for name-level queries; ingested via the unofficial {pytrends} client and rate-limited fetcher described in {\tt cloud/modal\_app.py}.}
}
@misc{gdelt_project,
author = {{GDELT Project}},
title = {The {GDELT} Project, version 2.0},
year = {2024},
howpublished = {Public dataset},
url = {https://www.gdeltproject.org/}
}
@misc{omdb_api,
author = {Fritz, Brian},
title = {{OMDb API}: The Open Movie Database},
year = {2024},
howpublished = {Web service},
url = {https://www.omdbapi.com/}
}
@misc{tmdb_api,
author = {{The Movie Database}},
title = {{TMDb API}, version 3},
year = {2024},
howpublished = {Web service},
url = {https://developer.themoviedb.org/reference/intro/getting-started}
}
@misc{google_books_ngrams,
author = {{Google Books Ngram Viewer}},
title = {Google Books {Ngram} Corpus},
year = {2020},
howpublished = {Public dataset},
url = {https://storage.googleapis.com/books/ngrams/books/datasetsv3.html}
}