Network Science & Economics

  • Teaching

    Details

    Faculty Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences
    Domain Economics
    Code UE-EEP.00328
    Languages English
    Type of lesson Lecture
    Level Master
    Semester SP-2020

    Schedules and rooms

    Summary schedule Thursday 08:15 - 11:00, Hebdomadaire (Spring semester)

    Teaching

    Teachers
    • Büchel Berno
    Assistants
    • Nassar Anis
    Description Course Description:
    Facebook and Xing are two well-known examples of social networks. However, the importance of relationships is not restricted to online relationships and, similarly, the term social networks includes various applications apart from online social networks: Examples range from ancient marriage networks to R&D collaborations between firms. The analysis of social networks has become one of the liveliest fields of research in economics, as well as in other social sciences. This course gives an introduction into this field and thereby puts emphasis on economic models of network formation.
    Outline
    1. Introduction to social networks: motivation, basic definitions, examples
    2. Ideas from social network analysis: importance of social networks, centrality, patterns of social networks
    3. Models of strategic network formation: set-up, examples, properties
    4. Network formation and games: stability versus efficiency
    5. Outlook: behavior on networks
    Training objectives Students are supposed to…
    a) learn how to (mathematically) describe and analyze social networks,
    b) understand a few of the most important ideas developed in network science, and
    c) learn how to analyze microeconomic models of network formation.
    Softskills No
    Off field No
    BeNeFri Yes
    Mobility Yes
    UniPop No

    Documents

    Bibliography

    • Jackson, M.O. (2008): Social and Economic Networks. Princeton Univ. Press. (Main Textbook)

    • Bramoulle, Y., Galeotti, A., & Rogers, B. (2016). The Oxford Handbook of the Economics of Networks. Oxford University Press.

    • Easley, D. and Kleinberg, J. (2011): Networks, Crowds, and Markets: Reasoning About a Highly Connected World. Cambridge Univ. Press.
  • Dates and rooms
    Date Hour Type of lesson Place
    20.02.2020 08:15 - 11:00 Cours PER 21, Room F207
    27.02.2020 08:15 - 11:00 Cours PER 21, Room F207
    05.03.2020 08:15 - 11:00 Cours PER 21, Room F207
    12.03.2020 08:15 - 11:00 Cours PER 21, Room F207
    19.03.2020 08:15 - 11:00 Cours PER 21, Room F207
    26.03.2020 08:15 - 11:00 Cours PER 21, Room F207
    02.04.2020 08:15 - 11:00 Cours PER 21, Room F207
    09.04.2020 08:15 - 11:00 Cours PER 21, Room F207
    23.04.2020 08:15 - 11:00 Cours PER 21, Room F207
    30.04.2020 08:15 - 11:00 Cours PER 21, Room F207
    07.05.2020 08:15 - 11:00 Cours PER 21, Room F207
    14.05.2020 08:15 - 11:00 Cours PER 21, Room F207
    28.05.2020 08:15 - 11:00 Cours PER 21, Room F207
  • Assessments methods

    Written exam - SP-2020, Session d'été 2020

    Assessments methods By rating
    Descriptions of Exams

    Examination time: 60 Min.

    Written exam - SP-2020, Session de rattrapage 2020

    Date 27.08.2020 08:30 - 09:30
    Assessments methods By rating
    Descriptions of Exams

    Examination time: 60 Min.
  • Assignment
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