It's not what you know, it's who you know. Or so the adage goes. Professor Matthew Jackson, world-leading researcher into social and economic networks, shows us why this is far truer than we'd like to
Networks of relationships help determine the careers that people choose, the jobs they obtain, the products they buy, and how they vote. The many aspects of our lives that are governed by social netwo
The organization of individuals into networks and groups is of fundamental importance in many social and economic interactions. Examples range from networks of personal contacts used to obtain informa
Collects papers from Hugo Sonnenschein's students with the aim of demonstrating his impact as an advisor. Each paper in this work is accompanied with a preface by the student that provides background
How can economists define social preferences and interactions? Culture, familial beliefs, religion, and other?sources contain the origins of social preferences.? Those preferences--the desire for soci
How?do economists?understand and?measure normal social phenomena?? Identifying economic strains in activities such as learning, group formation, discrimination, and peer dynamics requires sophisticat
