Advanced Course in Economics IV

Enseignants

Vannetelbosch Vincent;

Langue
d'enseignement

Anglais

Contenu

Network Science and Economics
The goal of the course is to provide the tools for understanding how and why networks form, how they influence behavior in an interactive world, how they shape collective decision making, opinion formation, and diffusion dynamics. The course puts emphasis on economic models of network formation (R&D collaborations; Interantional trade; Labor market; Risk-sharing; Pricing).
Content:

• Representing, Measuring and Analyzing Networks
• Learning and Diffusion on Networks
• Games and Behavior on Networks
• Game-Theoretic Modeling of Network Formation

Méthodes d'enseignement

The course consists of lectures. The topics will be introduced during the lectures.
Compulsory homeworks will be assigned to students. Reading assignments are also possible.

Modes d'évaluation
des acquis des étudiants

Homework (25%) + Presentation of a research article (50%) + Writing of a research proposal (25%) 

Ressources
en ligne

Slides, homeworks, exercises, compulsory readings will be available on the course webpage on Moodle UCL (http://moodleucl.uclouvain.be/).

Bibliographie

• Social and economic networks by Matthew O. Jackson, Princeton University Press (2008).
• Connections by Sanjeev Goyal, Princeton University Press (2007).
• Network science by Albert-Laszlo Barabasi, Cambridge University Press (2016).
• The Oxford handbook of the economics of networks edited byYann Bramoullé, Andrea Galeotti and Brian W. Rogers, Oxford University Press (2016).

Faculté ou entité
en charge

ECON