Important Notice!

Midterm is on March 9th. Deadline for choosing a presentation paper is January 30th.

Selected Papers

Lecture 4 - Feb 2, 2015

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1) The Strenght of Weak Ties*

Mark S. Granovetter

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2) Robust Action and the Rise of the Medici, 1400-1434*

Padgett, Ansell

Lecture 5 - Feb 16, 2015

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1) An Economic Model Of Friendship: Homophily, Minorities, Segregation*

Currarini, Jackson, Pin

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2) Job Information Networks, Neighborhood Effects, and Inequality*

Ioannides, Datcher Loury

Lecture 6 - Feb 23, 2015

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1) The "New" Science of Networks*

Duncan J. Watts

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2) Network Data And Measurement*

Peter V. Marsden

Lecture 7 - March 2, 2015

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1) Cognitive Social Structures*

David Krackhardt

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2) Learning About a New Technology: Pineapple in Ghana*

Conley, Udry

Lecture 9 - March 16, 2015

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1) Tie Strength, Embeddedness And Social Influence: Evidence from a Large Scale Networked Experiment*

Aral, Walker

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2) Behavioral Experiments On Biased Voting In Networks *

Kearns, Judd, Tan, Wortman

Lecture 10 - March 23, 2015

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1) Are Social Media more Social than Media? Measuring Ideological Homophily and Segregation on Twitter*

Halberstam, Knight

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2) Public Good In Networks*

Bramoulle, Kranton

Lecture 11 - March 30, 2015

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1) Behavioral Experiments on a Network Formation Game*

Kearns, Judd, Vorobeychik

2) Brother, can you spare a dime? Peer pressure in charitable solicitation*

Jonathan Meer

Lecture 12 - April 13, 2015

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1) Networks and the Identification of Economic Behaviors*

Matthew Jackson

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2) Social Influence Bias:A Randomized Experiment*

Muchnik, Aral, Taylor

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3) Network Interventions*

Thomas W. Valente