The Network Economy

(4 Credits)

Our opportunities, our preferences, and our choices are shaped by our connections. The awareness that connections matter leads us to invest in them. And these investments give rise to networks of friendship, the World Wide Web, supply chains, research alliances, transport links, and many other networks which we see around us. These observations have inspired an exciting new research program which examines the origins and the implications of networks. The lectures in this course provide a rigorous introduction to this research. This 4-credit course (70 contact hours) counts towards the Master of Science in Economics.