Social and Economic Networks

ECON
291
Instructors
Jackson, M. (PI)
Section Number
1
Synthesis of research on social and economic networks by sociologists, economists, computer scientists, physicists, and mathematicians, with an emphasis on modeling. Includes methods for describing and measuring networks, empirical observations about network structure, models of random and strategic network formation, as well as analyses of contagion, diffusion, learning, peer influence, games played on networks, and networked markets.
Grading
Letter or Credit/No Credit
Units
3-5
Graduate
Course Tags
Health Care Policy
Discrimination, Crime, and Poverty Policy
Academic Year
Quarter
Spring
Section Days
Monday Wednesday
Start Time
11:30 AM
End Time
1:20 PM
Location
Econ 140