Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Advanced Research Methods and Analytics (CARMA 2018)

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Research methods in economics and social sciences are evolving with the increasing availability of Internet and Big Data sources of information. As these sources, methods, and applications become more interdisciplinary, the 2nd International Conference on Advanced Research Methods and Analytics (CARMA) is an excellent forum for researchers and practitioners to exchange ideas and advances on how emerging research methods and sources are applied to different fields of social sciences as well as to discuss current and future challenges. Keywords: Big Data sources, Web scraping Social media mining, Official Statistics, Internet Econometrics, Digital transformation, global society. 2nd International Conference on Advanced Research Methods and Analytics (CARMA2018)Universitat Politècnica de València, València, 2018 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València I Preface Preface to CARMA2018This volume contains the selected papers of the Second International Conference on Advanced Research Methods and Analytics (CARMA 2018) hosted by the Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain during 12 and 13 July 2018. This second edition consolidated CARMA as a unique forum where Economics and Social Sciences research meets Internet and Big Data. CARMA provided researchers and practitioners with an ideal environment to exchange ideas and advances on how Internet and Big Data sources and methods contribute to overcome challenges in Economics and Social Sciences, as well as on the changes in the society because of the digital transformation.The selection of the scientific program was directed by Maria Rosalia Vicente, who led an international team of 33 scientific committee members representing 28 institutions. Following the call for papers, the conference received 73 paper submissions from all around the globe. All submissions were reviewed by the scientific committee members under a double blind review process. Finally, 40 papers were accepted for oral presentation during the conference. This represents an overall paper acceptance rate of 54%, ensuring a high quality scientific program. It covers a wide range of research topics in Internet and Big Data, including nowcasting people mobility and economic indicators, applications of Big Data methods in retail and finance, using search and social media data, among others.CARMA 2018 also featured two special sessions on "Big Data for Central Banks" and "Using Big Data in Official Statistics," chaired by Juri Marcucci and Gian Luigi Mazzi, respectively. Both sessions gave a complementary institutional perspective on how to use Internet and Big Data sources and methods for public policy and official statistics. The perspective from the private sector was contributed by Norbert Wirth, who talked about "Data Science development at scale" in his keynote speech. Organizing Committee General chairJosep Domènech, Universitat Politècnica de València Scientific committee chairMaría Rosalía Vicente, Universidad ...