Economic Analyses of Social Networks (The International Library of Critical Writings in Economics series, 273)

'The economic importance of social interactions not mediated by the market has long been recognized. However, it is only the emergence of network analysis that has supplied a useful method of study. The editors have performed a signal service by their anthology of important articles. They have covered all the major studies and represented well the rapid emergence of a new and important field, to which they have been among the most significant contributors.'
- Kenneth Arrow, Stanford University, US

This comprehensive two-volume set brings together important contributions providing fundamental economic analyses of social networks and the central roles they play in many facets of our lives. The first volume consists of classic articles that model network formation and games on networks, as well as those on the identification of peer effects from an econometric viewpoint. The second volume provides empirical analyses of network effects on labor, education, development, crime and industrial organization, as well as some laboratory and field experiments.

This set of indispensable papers, with an original introduction by the editors, will prove an essential tool to researchers, scholars and practitioners involved in this field.

60 articles, dating from 1975 to 2012
Contributors include: D. Acemoglu, Y. Bramoullé, A. Calvó-Armengol, M. Fafchamps, S. Goyal, M. Granovetter, R. Kranton, C. Manski, R. Myerson, L. Yariv