Author: Matthew O. Jackson

Networks of relationships help determine the careers that people choose, the jobs they obtain, the products they buy, and how they vote. The many aspects of our lives that are governed by social netw …

It's not what you know, it's who you know. Or so the adage goes. Professor Matthew Jackson, world-leading researcher into social and economic networks, shows us why this is far truer than w …

What a wonderful occasion it is to be celebrating 65 years of Hugo Sonnenschein! Given his many contributions to economic research and academia more broadly, there is much to celebrate. This volume, …

How can economists define social preferences and interactions?Culture, familial beliefs, religion, and other sources contain the origins of social preferences. Those preferences–the desire for socia …

How can economists define and measure social preferences and interactions?Through the use of new economic data and tools, our contributors survey an array of social interactions and decisions that ty …

How do economists understand and measure normal social phenomena?Identifying economic strains in activities such as learning, group formation, discrimination, and peer dynamics requires sophisticated …

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When Murat Sertel asked us whether we would be interested in organizing a special issue of the Review of Economic Design on the formation of networks and groups, we were happy to accept because of th …