Matthew O. Jackson

William D. Eberle Professor of Economics

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An Online Course on Social and Economic Networks: Modeling and Analysis

• Here is the web page with detailed information about the online Social and Economic Networks course, and access to its materials.
  

• Background readings include the book ``Social and Economic Networks,'' and here are the Princeton University Press and Amazon pages for the book. Other related surveys and background articles can be found here
  

Two Online Game Theory Courses

• Here is a background reading: ``A Brief Introduction to the Basics of Game Theory,'' Matthew O. Jackson
  

• Here is another background reading: ``The Essentials of Game Theory,'' Kevin Leyton-Brown and Yoav Shoham
  

Here are some background articles about the course and other online courses:

• A CBC video about MOOCs that discusses our course.
  
• An article in the Stanford University News about the online courses.
  
• An article in the New York Times about the online courses.
  
• A blog post by ``GeekDad'' about the course.
  
• A Facebook page for the course.
  

Course Syllabi

• Online Social and Economic Networks Course: Online Course Site (including syllabus). The syllabus itself.
  

• Online Game Theory Courses: Online Course Site (including syllabi).
  

• Economics 46: Networks and Human Behavior Download 46syllabus.pdf.
  

• Economics 160: Game Theory Download 160syllabus.pdf.
  

• Economics 291: Social and Economic Networks Download 291syllabus.pdf.
  

• Economics 204: Core Economics Download 204syllabus.pdf.
  

• Economics 220: Political Economy I Download 220syllabus.eps or 220syllabus.pdf.
  

• Political Science 132: Formal Theories in Political Science Download 132syl.ps or 132syl.pdf.
  

• Social Science 205b: Foundations of Economics Download 205b.ps or 205b.pdf.
  

• Social Science 210b: Foundations of Political Economy Download 210bsyl.ps or 210bsyl.pdf.
  

• Social Science 212a: Application of Microeconomic Theory Download 212asyl2.ps or 212asyl2.pdf.