The 27th Jerusalem School in Economic Theory on:

The Theory of Networks"

27 June - 6 July, 2016
Partial Reading List

MONDAY, JUNE 27
Lecture 1: Matthew O. Jackson - Fundamental Questions and Concepts.
Matthew O. Jackson, 2008. Social and Economic Networks (Princeton University Press), Chapter
1.
Matthew O. Jackson, Brian Rogers, and Yves Zenou. The Economic Consequences of Social
Network Structure.
Lecture 2: Benjamin Golub - Fundamental Tools and Methods.
Matthew O. Jackson, 2008. Social and Economic Networks (Princeton University Press), Chapter
2.
Lecture 3: Matthew O. Jackson - Network Formation.
Jackson, M.O., 2005. A Survey of Models of Network Formation: Stability and Efficiency in
Group Formation in Economics: Networks, Clubs, and Coalitions, pp.11-49.

TUESDAY, JUNE 28
Lecture 4: Matthew O. Jackson - Estimation of Network Formation.
No additional readings.
Lecture 5: Yann Bramoull - Identification of Peer Effects in Networks.
ureo de Paula. Econometrics of Network Models
Lecture 6: Adam Szeidl - Informal Transfers and Risk-Sharing in Networks, I.
Markus Mobius and Tanya Rosenblat. Informal Transfers in Social Networks in The Oxford
Handbook of the Economics of Networks (Oxford University Press)
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29
Lecture 7: Yann Bramoull - Informal Transfers and Risk-Sharing in Networks, II.

Renaud Bourls, Yann Bramoull and Eduardo Perez-Richet. Altruism in Networks

Markus Mobius and Tanya Rosenblat. Informal Transfers in Social Networks in The Oxford
Handbook of the Economics of Networks (Oxford University Press)
Lecture 8: Matthew O. Jackson - Diffusion on Networks, II.
Matthew O. Jackson and Leeat Yariv. Diffusion, Strategic Interaction, and Social Structure
Lecture 9: Leeat Yariv - Diffusion on Networks, II.
[coming soon]..
THURSDAY, JUNE 30
Lecture 10: Adam Szeidl - Learning and Opinion Dynamics in Networks: Empirics
Markus Mobius and Tanya Rosenblat Social Learning in Economics. Annual Reviews of
Economics.
Lecture 11: Leeat Yariv - Networks and Experimental Economics.
[coming soon].
FRIDAY, JULY 1
Lecture 12: Benjamin Golub - Learning and Opinion Dynamics on Networks in The Oxford
Handbook of the Economics of Networks (Oxford University Press).
Ben Golub and Evan Sadler Learning in Social Networks
Lecture 13: Omer Tamuz - Aggregation of Information in Networked Interactions
Acemoglu, D., Dahleh, M.A., Lobel, I. and Ozdaglar, A., 2011. Bayesian Learning in Social
Networks. Review of Economic Studies, 78(4), pp.1201-1236.
Vancouver
Bikhchandani, Sushil, David Hirshleifer, and Ivo Welch. "A Theory of Fads, Fashion, Custom,
and Cultural Change as Informational Cascades. Journal of Political Economy (1992): 9921026.
Mossel, E., Sly, A. and Tamuz, O., 2015. Strategic Learning and the Topology of Social
Networks. Econometrica, 83(5), pp.1755-1794.
SUNDAY, JULY 3
Lecture 14: Matt Elliott - Networked Markets and Buyer-Seller Networks

No readings currently posted.

Lecture 15: Sanjeev Goyal - Networks and Markets, I
Sanjeev Goyal. Networks and Markets.
MONDAY, JULY 4
Lecture 16: Sanjeev Goyal - Networks and Markets, II
Sanjeev Goyal. Networks and Markets.
Lecture 17: Andrea Galeotti - Investment Games on Networks
Yann Bramoull and Rachel Kranton. Games Played on Networks in The Oxford Handbook of
the Economics of Networks (Oxford University Press).
Lecture 18: Matthew O. Jackson. Arrow Lecture. Gossip: Identifying Central Individuals in
Networks and Diffusion Processes

TUESDAY, JULY 5
Lecture 19: Andrea Galeotti - Networked Markets and Strategic Intermediation
Daniele Condorelli, Andrea Galeotti, and Ludovic Renou. Bilateral Trading in Networks
Review of Economic Studies, forthcoming.
Daniele Condorelli and Andrea Galeotti. Strategic Models of Intermediation Networks in The
Oxford Handbook of the Economics of Networks (Oxford University Press).
Syngjoo Choi, Andrea Galeotti, and Sanjeev Goyal. Trading in Networks: Theory and
Experiments
Lecture 20: Esther Duflo - Networks and Development, I
No readings currently posted.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 6
Lecture 21: Esther Duflo - Networks and Development, II
No readings currently posted.
Lecture 22: Matt Elliott - Financial Networks and Financial Contagion

No readings currently posted.