Networks

• David Easley and Jon Kleinberg (EK), Networks, Crowds, and Markets: Reasoning about a Highly Connected World , Cambridge University Press. (An excellent textbook at about the level of our course; we will however go somewhat deeper on some topics.)

• Matthew Jackson, Social and Economic Networks , Princeton University Press. (An excellent textbook at a somewhat more advanced level.)

[Jackson] = Matthew Jackson, Social and Economic Networks , Princeton University Press. ISBN: 9780691148205. An excellent textbook at a somewhat more advanced level.

Reading: [EK] Chapter 1; [Jackson] Chapter 1

Reading: [EK] Chapters 2, 3, 4, and 13; [Jackson] Chapters 2 and 3

Reading: [EK] Chapter 14

Optional Reading: “Production Networks: A Primer,” Carvalho and Tahbaz-Salehi, Annual Review of Economics , 11:635-663, 2019. Note: This reading is a bit too advanced. You can skim it as you wish.

Reading: [Jackson] Chapter 8.3

Reading: [Jackson] Chapter 4

Reading: [EK] Chapter 21; [Jackson] Chapters 7.1-7.2

Topic: Diffusion models and the Covid-19 Pandemic (g uest lecture by Sara Ellison)

Reading: “An Economist’s Guide to Epidemiology Models of Infectious Disease,” Ellison et al., Journal of Economic Perspectives , 34(4) 79-104, 2020.

Reading: [EK] Chapter 19; [Jackson] Chapter 9.6

Reading: [EK] Chapter 6

Reading: [EK] Chapter 8

Reading: [EK] Chapter 17; [Jackson] Section 9.7 and 10.1-10.2

Reading: [EK] Chapter 10

Reading: [EK] Chapters 11 and 12; [Jackson] Section 10.3

Reading: [EK] Chapters 9 and 15

Reading: [EK] Chapters 22 and 23

Reading: [EK] Chapter 16; [Jackson] Chapter 8.1-8.2

[Newman] Newman, Mark. Networks: An Introduction . Oxford University Press, 2010. ISBN: 9780199206650.

[EK] Easley, David and Jon Kleinberg. Networks, Crowds, and Markets: Reasoning about a Highly Connected World. Cambridge University Press, 2010. ISBN: 9780521195331.

[Jackson] Jackson, Matthew. Social and Economic Networks . Princeton University Press, 2010. ISBN: 9780691148205.

[Osborne] Osborne, Martin. Introduction to Game Theory . Oxford University Press, 2003. ISBN: 9780195128956.

[Newman] Skim Chapters 1–5

[EK] Chapter 1

[Newman] Chapters 6–7

[EK] Skim Chapters 2–5

Ses #: 8 · Topic: Graph Decomposition and Cluttering · Readings: [Newman] Chapters 6 and 11

Ses #: 9–11 · Topic: Random Graph Models · Readings: [Newman] Chapters 12–13

Ses #: 12 · Topic: Generative Graph Models · Readings: [Newman] Chapters 14–15

[EK] Chapter 6

[EK] Chapter 8

[Jackson] Chapter 6

[EK] Chapter 17

[Jackson] Chapters 9, 11

[EK] Chapters 10–11

[Jackson] Chapter 10

[Osborne] Chapters 14–15

[EK] Chapter 19

[Jackson] Chapter 7.2

[EK] Chapter 16

[Jackson] Chapter 6–7

[Osborne] Chapter 9

Ses #: 25 · Topic: Project Presentations · Readings: No assigned readings

(Required) Newman, Mark. Networks: An Introduction . Oxford University Press, 2010. ISBN: 9780199206650.

(Recommended) Easley, David and Jon Kleinberg. Networks, Crowds, and Markets: Reasoning about a Highly Connected World. Cambridge University Press, 2010. ISBN: 9780521195331.

(Recommended) Jackson, Matthew. Social and Economic Networks . Princeton University Press, 2010. ISBN: 9780691148205.

(Recommended) Osborne, Martin. Introduction to Game Theory . Oxford University Press, 2003. ISBN: 9780195128956.