ECON 142Economics of Networks

Economics · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)

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In today’s networked societies, everyone belongs to many social and economic networks. People and firms rely on various kinds of networks to interact with each other. As a result, the structure of networks affects and shapes behavior in a fundamental way. Study offers a framework in which to understand how agents behave and interact on networks, using tools from economics and statistics. Study of how to classify networks, what is special about social/economics networks, and how information and misinformation can spread through networks, among others. Special emphasis on how the theory of social and economic networks informs and improves the traditional economic theory.

P/NP or letter grading.

When it runs

Fall 2025
Winter 2026
Spring 2026
Fall 2026

Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.

Requisites

Official UCLA wording
Requisites: courses 41, 101.

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ECON 142

ECON 41Probability and Statistics for Economists
- MATH 31ADifferential and Integral Calculus
  - MATH 1Precalculus
- MATH 31BIntegration and Infinite Series
  - MATH 31ADifferential and Integral Calculusanother path to it
ECON 101Microeconomic Theory
- ECON 11Microeconomic Theory
  - ECON 1Principles of Economics
  - MATH 31ADifferential and Integral Calculusanother path to it
  - MATH 31BIntegration and Infinite Seriesanother path to it

2 direct requisites. The whole upstream is here — 10 courses over 3 levels. Every course here opens its own tree.

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