Master
2024/2025
Networks: Theory and Applications
Type:
Elective course (Economics and Economic Policy)
Area of studies:
Economics
Delivered by:
Department of Theoretical Economics
Where:
Faculty of Economic Sciences
When:
2 year, 3 module
Mode of studies:
offline
Open to:
students of all HSE University campuses
Instructors:
Mariya Teteryatnikova
Master’s programme:
Economics and Economic policy
Language:
English
ECTS credits:
3
Contact hours:
36
Course Syllabus
Abstract
The course will be split into two parts. The first, larger part is a series of lectures on the ana- lytic modelling of networks and games played on networks. The second part is presentations by students of the selected papers (the list of topics will be discussed in class). The first part of the course will begin with an overview of social and economic networks, and the embeddedness of economic activity. We then will examine how to describe and measure networks as well as empirical observations about network structure. Next, we will examine models of network for- mation, including random network models and strategic formation models. Finally, we will take a long look at models of how networks impact behavior, including games played on network and networked markets.