Syllabus

Dynamics of networks: Strategies for interactions over networks

M2 IREF - ERDS

Université de Bordeaux

Academic Year 2019-2020

Noemí Navarro

The course begins with an overview of concepts used to describe and measure networks. We will then discuss a series of models of how networks impact market outcomes and behavior, including contagion, diffusion, and public good provision. If there is any time left, we will cover a set of models of how networks form.

Syllabus :

1. Introduction : Graph Theory and Social Networks (Ch. 1 + 2 + 3 Jackson, and Ch. 1 + 2 + 3 Easly and Kleinberg)

2. Markets and Networks

2.1. Matching Markets (Ch. 10 Easly and Kleinberg)

2.2. Network Models of Markets with Intermediaries (Ch. 11 Easly and Kleinberg)

3. Strategic Behavior in Networks

3.1. Coordination and cascading (Ch. 4 Goyal and Ch. 19 Easly and Kleinberg)

3.2. Epidemics (Ch. 21 Easly and Kleinberg)

4. Models of Network Formation (if time allows)

Readings :

1. David EASLY and Jon KLEINBERG "Networks, Crowds, and Markets: Reasoning about a Highly Connected World" Cambridge University Press 2010. Available at http://www.cs.cornell.edu/home/kleinber/networks-book/ or https://www.cs.cornell.edu/home/kleinber/networks-book/networks-book.pdf

2. Matthew O JACKSON "Social and Economic Networks" Princeton University Press 2008

3. Sanjeev GOYAL "Connections: An Introduction to the Economics of Networks" Princeton University Press 2007

4. Mark E.J. NEWMAN "Networks: An Introduction" Oxford University Press, 2010