Social networks provide opportunities for individuals in spreading information, such as the experience sharing of a new product. They facilitate the job search, such as the referrals are often used in the process matching labors and firms. They also influence the collective actions, as we may influence our friends’ political inclinations as well as their voting behaviors. This course provides several game-theoretic models that intends to understand the interaction between social networks and economic behaviors.

This course is theory-based. The students are required to acknowledge basic game theory.