Alex Teytelboym
University of Oxford

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(Monday, 18th May 2015)

Title : Information and Decisions in Social Networks

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Social networks often have a profound impact on our economic outcomes. I will cover some elementary network theory and then look at several ways of using social network data for economic analysis. I will explain how simple dynamic network formation processes can lead to rich and complex networks. Then I will show how to estimate behavioural parameters in linear social interaction models in static networks. Finally, I will discuss how to identify "key players" and how to deal with estimation when social networks are endogenous.