Bio


http://www.stanford.edu/~jacksonm/bio.html

Administrative Appointments


  • Chair Economics Section, National Academy of Sciences (2021 - 2024)
  • Senior Fellow, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (2010 - 2020)
  • William D. Eberle Professor of Economics, Stanford University (2008 - Present)
  • External Faculty Member, Santa Fe Institute (2007 - Present)
  • Professor of Economics, Stanford University (2006 - 2008)
  • Edie and Lew Wasserman Professor of Economics, California Institute of Technology (2002 - 2006)
  • Professor of Economics, California Institute of Technology (1997 - 2002)
  • IBM Distinguished Professor of Regularity and Competitive Practices and Chairman of MEDS department, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University (1996 - 1997)
  • Mechthild E. Nemmers Distinguished Professor and Chairman of MEDS, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University (1995 - 1996)
  • Professor (MEDS), Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University (1993 - 1994)
  • Associate Professor (MEDS), Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University (1991 - 1993)
  • Assistant Professor (MEDS), Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University (1988 - 1991)

Honors & Awards


  • Slater Family Lecturer of the Year Prize, Technion (2022)
  • Frontiers of Knowledge Award: Economics Finance and Management, BBVA (2021)
  • President, Game Theory Society (2020-2022)
  • Jean-Jacques Laffont Prize, Toulouse School of Economics (2020)
  • Fellow, Game Theory Society (2017)
  • Member, National Academy of Sciences (2015)
  • the von Neumann Award, Rajk Laszlo College (2015)
  • Dean's Award for Distinguished Teaching in Humanities and Sciences, Stanford University (2013)
  • Honorary Doctorate, Aix-Marseille University (2013)
  • Distinguished Teaching Award, Stanford Department of Economics (2012)
  • Economic Theory Fellow, Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory (2011)
  • Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2009)
  • Outstanding Teaching Award, Stanford Graduate Economics Association (2008)
  • Arrow Prize for Senior Economists, BEPress (2007)
  • Fellow, Center for Advanced Studies in the Behavioral Sciences (2005-2006)
  • Guggenheim Fellow, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (2005)
  • Social Choice and Welfare Prize, Society for Social Choice and Welfare (2001)
  • Fellow, Econometric Society (1998)
  • Class of 1916 Cup, Princeton University (1984)
  • Wolf Balleisen Memorial Prize, Princeton University (1984)

Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations


  • Co-Editor, Econometrica (2011 - 2015)
  • Editor, Games and Economic Behavior (2007 - 2011)
  • Co-Editor, Econometric Society Monograph Series (2001 - 2008)
  • Co-Editor, Review of Economic Design (1997 - 2006)
  • Associate Editor, Econometrica (1998 - 2007)
  • Associate Editor, Games and Economic Behavior (1996 - 2007)
  • Associate Editor, Journal of Economic Theory (1993 - 2001)
  • Associate Editor, Journal of Public Economic Theory (1997 - 2006)
  • Associate Editor, Mathematical Social Sciences (1995 - 2006)
  • Associate Editor, Not a Journal of Economics (2005 - Present)
  • Associate Editor, Theoretical Economics (2005 - 2008)
  • External Faculty Member, Santa Fe Institute (2007 - Present)
  • Vice Chair, Economics Department, Stanford University (2008 - 2011)
  • Chair, Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences Department, KGSM Northwestern University (1995 - 1997)
  • Director, Stanford Institute in Theoretical Economics (SITE) (2006 - 2010)
  • Director, CEME-NSF Decentralization Conference Series (2002 - 2010)
  • Director, Social and Information Sciences Laboratory (SISL), Caltech (2003 - 2005)
  • Executive Committee Member, Econometric Society (2010 - 2012)
  • Selection Committee, Chair, Calvó-Armengol International Prize in Economics (2010 - 2010)
  • Selection Committee, Chair, Calvó-Armengol International Prize in Economics (2012 - 2012)
  • Selection Committee, Chair, Calvó-Armengol International Prize in Economics (2014 - 2014)
  • Selection Committee Member, Nakahara Prize, Japanese Economic Association (2008 - 2012)
  • Fellowship Nominating Committee Member, Society for Advancement of Economic Theory (2012 - 2013)
  • Fellows Nominating Committee Member, Econometric Society (2007 - 2008)
  • Fellows Nominating Committee, Chair, Econometric Society (2009 - 2009)
  • Council Member, Econometric Society (2006 - 2012)
  • Council Member and Charter Member, Game Theory Society (2004 - 2009)
  • Council Member and Founding Member, Society for Social Choice and Welfare (1992 - 1997)
  • Council Member and Founding Member, Society for Social Choice and Welfare (2000 - 2005)
  • Council Member and Founding Member, Society for Social Choice and Welfare (2008 - 2013)
  • Scientific Advisory Board Member, Graduate School of Economics Barcelona (2007 - Present)
  • Scientific Advisory Board, Chair, MOVE (2010 - Present)
  • Advisory Board Member, Center for Research in Microeconomics, University of Cambridge (2008 - Present)
  • Economics Review Panel Member, National Science Foundation (NSF) (2000 - 2002)
  • Member, Economics Teaching Award Committee (2013 - 2013)
  • Member, Econometrica Co-editor Search Committee (2013 - 2013)
  • Member, Fellowship Nominating Committee, SAET (2012 - 2013)
  • Chair, Calvo-Armengol Prize Selection Committee (2013 - 2013)
  • Member, Santa Fe Institute Faculty Search Committee (2013 - 2013)
  • Member, Theoretical Economics, Co-editor search committee (2011 - 2011)
  • Member, Stanford Economics Senior Search committee (2011 - 2011)
  • Member, Econometric Society Transparency committee (2010 - 2010)
  • Chair, Committee to Structure Programming Course for economics PhD students (2009 - 2009)
  • Member, Theoretical Economics Advisory Committee, Econometric Society (2009 - 2009)
  • Member, Econometric Society Fellows Nomination Committee (2009 - 2009)
  • Chair, Antoni Calvo-Armengol Memorial Prize Selection Committee (2009 - 2009)
  • Co-Chair, Junior Recruiting Committee (2007 - 2008)
  • Member, International Economics Search Committee (2008 - 2008)
  • Co-Chair, Junior Recruiting Committee (2006 - 2007)
  • Member, Walras-Bowley Lecture Selection Committee, Econometric Society (2006 - 2006)
  • Member, New Journal Research Committee, Econometric Society (2005 - 2005)
  • Member, Louis-André Gerard-Varet Prize Selection Committee (2004 - 2004)
  • Member, Nemmers Prize Selection Committee (2004 - 2004)
  • Member, Social Choice and Welfare Prize Selection Committee (2003 - 2003)
  • Member, Koc Prize Selection Committee (1998 - 2004)

Professional Education


  • Ph.D., Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, Economics (1988)
  • B.A., Princeton University, Economics (1984)

2026-27 Courses


Stanford Advisees


  • Doctoral Dissertation Reader (AC)
    Alex Tordjman
  • Doctoral Dissertation Advisor (AC)
    Sumhith Aradhyula, Luiz Guilherme Carpizo Fernandes Costa, Thomas Rutter
  • Doctoral Dissertation Co-Advisor (AC)
    Ben Davies

All Publications


  • Multiplexing in networks and diffusion. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Chandrasekhar, A. G., Chaudhary, V., Golub, B., Jackson, M. O. 2026; 123 (28): e2534923123

    Abstract

    We study multiplexing-the extent to which people have multiple, distinct types of relationships with the same others. We document empirical multiplexing patterns in Indian village data. We show that relationships such as socializing, advising, helping, and lending are correlated but distinct, while commonly used proxies for networks based on ethnicity and geography are nearly uncorrelated with actual relationships. We also show that these layers and their overlap affect information diffusion in a field experiment. On the theoretical side, we show that increased overlap in people's different types of relationships impedes the spread of simple contagions-such as diseases or basic information that spread through a single interaction. In contrast, such higher levels of multiplexing enhance the spread of a complex contagion (e.g., a behavior or belief that requires multiple interactions for transmission) when infection rates are low, but impede complex contagion if infection rates are high. Finally, we identify empirical differences in multiplexing by gender and connectedness.

    View details for DOI 10.1073/pnas.2534923123

    View details for PubMedID 42430354

  • Peer influence on West Point cadets' Civil War allegiances. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Guo, Y., Jackson, M. O., Jia, R. 2026; 123 (22): e2529668123

    Abstract

    Do social networks and peer influence shape major life decisions in polarized settings? We explore this question by examining how peers influenced the allegiances of West Point cadets during the American Civil War. Leveraging quasi-random variations in the proportion of cadets from Free States, we analyze how cadets' decisions about which army to join depended on the composition of their peers. We have three main findings. First, there was a strong and significant peer effect: a higher proportion of classmates from Free States significantly increased the likelihood that cadets from Slave States joined the Union Army. Second, the peer effect varies with geography, most notably with the slave population share in cadets' home states or counties, and with cadets' own slave ownership in 1860. Third, peer effects were amplified by shared experiences such as having served together in the Mexican-American War, continuous military service, and belonging to the same cohort, suggesting that sustained interaction is important.

    View details for DOI 10.1073/pnas.2529668123

    View details for PubMedID 42201964

  • The Role of Referrals in Immobility, Inequality, and Inefficiency in Labor Markets JOURNAL OF LABOR ECONOMICS Bolte, L., Immorlica, N., Jackson, M. O. 2026

    View details for DOI 10.1086/733048

    View details for Web of Science ID 001689254300001

  • Behavioral Communities and the Atomic Structure of Networks AMERICAN ECONOMIC JOURNAL-MICROECONOMICS Jackson, M. O., Storms, E. C. 2026; 18 (1): 146-173
  • Optimal regulation and investment incentives in financial networks JOURNAL OF PUBLIC ECONOMICS Jackson, M. O., Pernoud, A. 2025; 252
  • Bridging the empathy perception gap fosters social connection. Nature human behaviour Pei, R., Grayson, S. J., Appel, R. E., Soh, S., Garcia, S. B., Bouwer, A., Huang, E., Jackson, M. O., Harari, G. M., Zaki, J. 2025

    Abstract

    Young adults face a rising tide of mental illness and loneliness. We propose that an overlooked barrier for social connection is how people perceive each other's empathy. Here, our longitudinal study of an undergraduate student community (N = 5,192) reveals that undergraduates who perceive their peers as empathic report better current and future well-being. Yet we document an 'empathy perception gap': people systematically see others as less empathic than others see themselves. Students who perceived their peers as less empathic were less willing to take social risks and grew more isolated over time. To disrupt this cycle, we conducted two field experiments that presented students with data on their peers' self-reported empathy and behavioural nudges to encourage social risk taking. These interventions reduced the empathy perception gap, increased social behaviours and expanded social networks months later. This work offers a promising, scalable strategy to cultivate social well-being, simply by presenting people with data about each other.

    View details for DOI 10.1038/s41562-025-02307-1

    View details for PubMedID 41102496

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  • Using large language models to categorize strategic situations and decipher motivations behind human behaviors. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Xie, Y., Mei, Q., Yuan, W., Jackson, M. O. 2025; 122 (35): e2512075122

    Abstract

    By varying prompts to a large language model, we can elicit the full range of human behaviors in a variety of different scenarios in classic economic games. By analyzing which prompts elicit which behaviors, we can categorize and compare different strategic situations, which can also help provide insight into what different economic scenarios might induce people to think about. We discuss how this provides a step toward a nonstandard method of inferring (deciphering) the motivations behind the human behaviors. We also show how this deciphering process can be used to categorize differences in the behavioral tendencies of different populations.

    View details for DOI 10.1073/pnas.2512075122

    View details for PubMedID 40875803

  • Welfare optimization for resource allocation with peer effects. PNAS nexus Qiu, Z., Rosenkrantz, D. J., Jackson, M. O., Levin, S. A., Ravi, S. S., Stearns, R. E., Marathe, M. V. 2025; 4 (9): pgaf298

    Abstract

    Allocating students to schools or universities, people to teams or groups, people to urban housing, and matching users on social platforms are prominent examples of allocating limited goods, spaces, or positions to optimize social welfare. We study a welfare maximization problem that arises when such resource allocation scenarios involve peer effects, where people have preferences over the others who are nearby (e.g. their classmates, teammates, neighbors, or partners). We first develop a unified mathematical framework for this "position allocation problem," which assigns people to positions in a given network, with people caring about both their positions and their neighbors' attributes. We show that welfare maximization for the corresponding position allocation problem is computationally intractable, even when people have preferences that depend only on who is allocated to nearby positions, and those preferences satisfy simple constraints that arise naturally in urban and other real-world systems. In contrast to this computational lower bound, we show that if people can be classified into a fixed number of (demographic) groups and the network satisfies certain realistic spatial conditions, then efficiently computable allocations can be obtained for many natural scenarios. Importantly, the achieved social welfare is either optimal or arbitrarily close to optimal for natural forms of preferences. Our methods provide a foundation for position allocation with peer effects, and guide the design of optimal allocation strategies when people can be classified into a fixed number of groups in which members share similar preferences.

    View details for DOI 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgaf298

    View details for PubMedID 41017787

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  • Differences in perceived social connection help explain SES-based gaps in well-being SOCIAL NETWORKS Fang, W. M., Courtney, A., Jackson, M. O., Zaki, J. 2025; 82: 55-64
  • SELECTING THE MOST EFFECTIVE NUDGE: EVIDENCE FROM A LARGE-SCALE EXPERIMENT ON IMMUNIZATION ECONOMETRICA Banerjee, A., Chandrasekhar, A. G., Dalpath, S., Duflo, E., Floretta, J., Jackson, M. O., Kannan, H., Loza, F., Sankar, A., Schrimpf, A., Shrestha, M. 2025; 93 (4): 1183-1223

    View details for DOI 10.3982/ECTA19739

    View details for Web of Science ID 001547202800002

  • A Network Formation Model Based on Subgraphs REVIEW OF ECONOMIC STUDIES Chandrasekhar, A. G., Jackson, M. O. 2025
  • Negotiations with Multidimensional Uncertainty and the Efficiency of Integrated Deals Journal of Political Economy Microeconomics Jackson, M. O., Sonnenschein, H. F., Xing, Y., Tombazos, C., Al-Ubaydli, O. 2025; 3 (4)

    View details for DOI 10.1086/733777

  • Finding the Wise and the Wisdom in a Crowd: Estimating Underlying Qualities of Reviewers and Items ECONOMIC JOURNAL Carayol, N., Jackson, M. O. 2024; 134 (663): 2712-2745

    View details for DOI 10.1093/ej/ueae045

    View details for Web of Science ID 001262326900001

  • The Incentive Complementarity Between Formal and Informal Enforcement JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION Jackson, M. O., Xing, Y. 2024; 22 (5): 2294-2328
  • A Turing test of whether AI chatbots are behaviorally similar to humans PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Mei, Q., Xie, Y., Yuan, W., Jackson, M. O. 2024; 121 (9): e2313925121

    Abstract

    We administer a Turing test to AI chatbots. We examine how chatbots behave in a suite of classic behavioral games that are designed to elicit characteristics such as trust, fairness, risk-aversion, cooperation, etc., as well as how they respond to a traditional Big-5 psychological survey that measures personality traits. ChatGPT-4 exhibits behavioral and personality traits that are statistically indistinguishable from a random human from tens of thousands of human subjects from more than 50 countries. Chatbots also modify their behavior based on previous experience and contexts "as if" they were learning from the interactions and change their behavior in response to different framings of the same strategic situation. Their behaviors are often distinct from average and modal human behaviors, in which case they tend to behave on the more altruistic and cooperative end of the distribution. We estimate that they act as if they are maximizing an average of their own and partner's payoffs.

    View details for DOI 10.1073/pnas.2313925121

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  • Credit Freezes, Equilibrium Multiplicity, and Optimal Bailouts in Financial Networks REVIEW OF FINANCIAL STUDIES Jackson, M. O., Pernoud, A. 2024
  • Electoral competition with costly policy changes: A dynamic perspective JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC THEORY Gersbach, H., Jackson, M. O., Muller, P., Tejada, O. 2023; 214
  • Social microclimates and well-being. Emotion (Washington, D.C.) Courtney, A. L., Baltiansky, D., Fang, W. M., Roshanaei, M., Aybas, Y. C., Samuels, N. A., Wetchler, E., Wu, Z., Jackson, M. O., Zaki, J. 2023

    Abstract

    Emotional well-being has a known relationship with a person's direct social ties, including friendships; but do ambient social and emotional features of the local community also play a role? This work takes advantage of university students' assignment to different local networks-or "social microclimates"-to probe this question. Using Least Absolute Shrinkage and Selection Operator (LASSO) regression, we quantify the collective impact of individual, social network, and microclimate factors on the emotional well-being of a cohort of first-year college students. Results indicate that well-being tracks individual factors but also myriad social and microclimate factors, reflecting one's peers and social surroundings. Students who belonged to emotionally stable and tight-knit microclimates (i.e., had emotionally stable friends or resided in densely connected residence halls) reported lower levels of psychological distress and higher levels of life satisfaction, even when controlling for factors such as personality and social network size. Although rarely discussed or acknowledged in the policies that create them, social microclimates are consequential to well-being, especially during life transitions. The effects of microclimate factors are small relative to some individual factors; however, they explain unique variance in well-being that is not directly captured by emotional stability or other individual factors. These findings are novel, but preliminary, and should be replicated in new samples and contexts. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).

    View details for DOI 10.1037/emo0001277

    View details for PubMedID 37824222

  • Changes in Social Network Structure in Response to Exposure to Formal Credit Markets REVIEW OF ECONOMIC STUDIES Banerjee, A., Breza, E., Chandrasekhar, A. G., Duflo, E., Jackson, M. O., Kinnan, C. 2023
  • Centrality measures in networks SOCIAL CHOICE AND WELFARE Bloch, F., Jackson, M. O., Tebaldi, P. 2023
  • Social Interactions and Legislative Activity JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION Canen, N., Jackson, M. O., Trebbi, F. 2022
  • Learning through the grapevine and the impact of the breadth and depth of social networks. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Jackson, M. O., Malladi, S., McAdams, D. 2022; 119 (34): e2205549119

    Abstract

    We study how communication platforms can improve social learning without censoring or fact-checking messages, when they have members who deliberately and/or inadvertently distort information. Message fidelity depends on social network depth (how many times information can be relayed) and breadth (the number of others with whom a typical user shares information). We characterize how the expected number of true minus false messages depends on breadth and depth of the network and the noise structure. Message fidelity can be improved by capping depth or, if that is not possible, limiting breadth, e.g., by capping the number of people to whom someone can forward a given message. Although caps reduce total communication, they increase the fraction of received messages that have traveled shorter distances and have had less opportunity to be altered, thereby increasing the signal-to-noise ratio.

    View details for DOI 10.1073/pnas.2205549119

    View details for PubMedID 35969767

  • Social capital I: measurement and associations with economic mobility. Nature Chetty, R., Jackson, M. O., Kuchler, T., Stroebel, J., Hendren, N., Fluegge, R. B., Gong, S., Gonzalez, F., Grondin, A., Jacob, M., Johnston, D., Koenen, M., Laguna-Muggenburg, E., Mudekereza, F., Rutter, T., Thor, N., Townsend, W., Zhang, R., Bailey, M., Barbera, P., Bhole, M., Wernerfelt, N. 2022

    Abstract

    Social capital-the strength of an individual's social network and community-has been identified as a potential determinant of outcomes ranging from education to health1-8. However, efforts to understand what types of social capital matter for these outcomes have been hindered by a lack of social network data. Here, in the first of a pair of papers9, we use data on 21billion friendships from Facebook to study social capital. We measure and analyse three types of social capital by ZIP (postal) code in the United States: (1) connectedness between different types of people, such as those with low versus high socioeconomic status (SES); (2) social cohesion, such as the extent of cliques in friendship networks; and (3) civic engagement, such as rates of volunteering. These measures vary substantially across areas, but are not highly correlated with each other. We demonstrate the importance of distinguishing these forms of social capital by analysing their associations with economic mobility across areas. The share of high-SES friends among individuals with low SES-which we term economic connectedness-is among the strongest predictors of upward income mobility identified to date10,11. Other social capital measures are not strongly associated with economic mobility. If children with low-SES parents were to grow up in counties with economic connectedness comparable to that of the average child with high-SES parents, their incomes in adulthood would increase by 20% on average. Differences in economic connectedness can explain well-known relationships between upward income mobility and racial segregation, poverty rates, and inequality12-14. To support further research and policy interventions, we publicly release privacy-protected statistics on social capital by ZIP code at https://www.socialcapital.org .

    View details for DOI 10.1038/s41586-022-04996-4

    View details for PubMedID 35915342

  • Social capital II: determinants of economic connectedness. Nature Chetty, R., Jackson, M. O., Kuchler, T., Stroebel, J., Hendren, N., Fluegge, R. B., Gong, S., Gonzalez, F., Grondin, A., Jacob, M., Johnston, D., Koenen, M., Laguna-Muggenburg, E., Mudekereza, F., Rutter, T., Thor, N., Townsend, W., Zhang, R., Bailey, M., Barbera, P., Bhole, M., Wernerfelt, N. 2022

    Abstract

    Low levels of social interaction across class lines have generated widespread concern1-4 and are associated with worse outcomes, such as lower rates of upward income mobility4-7. Here we analyse the determinants of cross-class interaction using data from Facebook, building on the analysis in our companion paper7. We show that about half of the social disconnection across socioeconomic lines-measured as the difference in the share of high-socioeconomic status (SES)friends between people with low and high SES-is explained by differences in exposure to people with high SES in groups such as schools and religious organizations. The other half is explained by friending bias-the tendency for people with low SES to befriend people with high SES at lower rates even conditional on exposure. Friending bias is shaped by the structure of the groups in which people interact. For example, friending bias is higher in larger and more diverse groups and lower in religious organizations than in schools and workplaces. Distinguishing exposure from friending bias is helpful for identifying interventions to increase cross-SES friendships (economic connectedness). Using fluctuations in the share of students with high SES across high school cohorts, we show that increases in high-SESexposure leadlow-SES people to form more friendships with high-SES peoplein schools that exhibit low levels of friending bias. Thus, socioeconomic integration can increase economic connectedness in communities in which friending bias is low. By contrast, when friending bias is high, increasing cross-SES interactions among existing members may be necessary to increase economic connectedness. To support such efforts, we release privacy-protected statistics on economic connectedness, exposure and friending bias for each ZIP(postal) code, high school and college in the United States at https://www.socialcapital.org .

    View details for DOI 10.1038/s41586-022-04997-3

    View details for PubMedID 35915343

  • COMMENT ON JACKSON AND SONNENSCHEIN (2007) "OVERCOMING INCENTIVE CONSTRAINTS BY LINKING DECISIONS" ECONOMETRICA Ball, I., Jackson, M. O., Kattwinkel, D. 2022; 90 (4): O3-O7

    View details for DOI 10.3982/ECTA20516

    View details for Web of Science ID 000831314400004

  • Interacting regional policies in containing a disease. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Chandrasekhar, A. G., Goldsmith-Pinkham, P., Jackson, M. O., Thau, S. 2021; 118 (19)

    Abstract

    Regional quarantine policies, in which a portion of a population surrounding infections is locked down, are an important tool to contain disease. However, jurisdictional governments-such as cities, counties, states, and countries-act with minimal coordination across borders. We show that a regional quarantine policy's effectiveness depends on whether 1) the network of interactions satisfies a growth balance condition, 2) infections have a short delay in detection, and 3) the government has control over and knowledge of the necessary parts of the network (no leakage of behaviors). As these conditions generally fail to be satisfied, especially when interactions cross borders, we show that substantial improvements are possible if governments are outward looking and proactive: triggering quarantines in reaction to neighbors' infection rates, in some cases even before infections are detected internally. We also show that even a few lax governments-those that wait for nontrivial internal infection rates before quarantining-impose substantial costs on the whole system. Our results illustrate the importance of understanding contagion across policy borders and offer a starting point in designing proactive policies for decentralized jurisdictions.

    View details for DOI 10.1073/pnas.2021520118

    View details for PubMedID 33906950

  • Belief polarization in a complex world: A learning theory perspective PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Haghtalab, N., Jackson, M. O., Procaccia, A. D. 2021; 118 (19)

    Abstract

    We present two models of how people form beliefs that are based on machine learning theory. We illustrate how these models give insight into observed human phenomena by showing how polarized beliefs can arise even when people are exposed to almost identical sources of information. In our first model, people form beliefs that are deterministic functions that best fit their past data (training sets). In that model, their inability to form probabilistic beliefs can lead people to have opposing views even if their data are drawn from distributions that only slightly disagree. In the second model, people pay a cost that is increasing in the complexity of the function that represents their beliefs. In this second model, even with large training sets drawn from exactly the same distribution, agents can disagree substantially because they simplify the world along different dimensions. We discuss what these models of belief formation suggest for improving people's accuracy and agreement.

    View details for DOI 10.1073/pnas.2010144118

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    View details for PubMedID 33941683

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  • Systemic Risk in Financial Networks: A Survey ANNUAL REVIEW OF ECONOMICS, VOL 13, 2021 Jackson, M. O., Pernoud, A. edited by Aghion, P., Rey, H. 2021; 13: 171-202
  • Why understanding multiplex social network structuring processes will help us better understand the evolution of human behavior EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY Atkisson, C., Gorski, P. J., Jackson, M. O., Holyst, J. A., D'Souza, R. M. 2020; 29 (3): 102-107

    Abstract

    Social scientists have long appreciated that relationships between individuals cannot be described from observing a single domain, and that the structure across domains of interaction can have important effects on outcomes of interest (e.g., cooperation; Durkheim, 1893). One debate explicitly about this surrounds food sharing. Some argue that failing to find reciprocal food sharing means that some process other than reciprocity must be occurring, whereas others argue for models that allow reciprocity to span domains in the form of trade (Kaplan and Hill, 1985.). Multilayer networks, high-dimensional networks that allow us to consider multiple sets of relationships at the same time, are ubiquitous and have consequences, so processes giving rise to them are important social phenomena. The analysis of multi-dimensional social networks has recently garnered the attention of the network science community (Kivelä et al., 2014). Recent models of these processes show how ignoring layer interdependencies can lead one to miss why a layer formed the way it did, and/or draw erroneous conclusions (Górski et al., 2018). Understanding the structuring processes that underlie multiplex networks will help understand increasingly rich data sets, giving more accurate and complete pictures of social interactions.

    View details for DOI 10.1002/evan.21850

    View details for Web of Science ID 000540366000003

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  • A typology of social capital and associated network measures SOCIAL CHOICE AND WELFARE Jackson, M. O. 2020; 54 (2-3): 311-336
  • A Model of Protests, Revolution, and Information QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE Barbera, S., Jackson, M. O. 2020; 15 (3): 297-335
  • Using Gossips to Spread Information: Theory and Evidence from Two Randomized Controlled Trials REVIEW OF ECONOMIC STUDIES Banerjee, A., Chandrasekhar, A. G., Duflo, E., Jackson, M. O. 2019; 86 (6): 2453–90
  • Updating Beliefs when Evidence is Open to Interpretation: Implications for Bias and Polarization JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION Fryer, R. G., Harms, P., Jackson, M. O. 2019; 17 (5): 1470-1501
  • Machine behaviour NATURE Rahwan, I., Cebrian, M., Obradovich, N., Bongard, J., Bonnefon, J., Breazeal, C., Crandall, J. W., Christakis, N. A., Couzin, I. D., Jackson, M. O., Jennings, N. R., Kamar, E., Kloumann, I. M., Larochelle, H., Lazer, D., McElreath, R., Mislove, A., Parkes, D. C., Pentland, A., Roberts, M. E., Shariff, A., Tenenbaum, J. B., Wellman, M. 2019; 568 (7753): 477-486

    Abstract

    Machines powered by artificial intelligence increasingly mediate our social, cultural, economic and political interactions. Understanding the behaviour of artificial intelligence systems is essential to our ability to control their actions, reap their benefits and minimize their harms. Here we argue that this necessitates a broad scientific research agenda to study machine behaviour that incorporates and expands upon the discipline of computer science and includes insights from across the sciences. We first outline a set of questions that are fundamental to this emerging field and then explore the technical, legal and institutional constraints on the study of machine behaviour.

    View details for DOI 10.1038/s41586-019-1138-y

    View details for Web of Science ID 000465594200038

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  • The Friendship Paradox and Systematic Biases in Perceptions and Social Norms JOURNAL OF POLITICAL ECONOMY Jackson, M. O. 2019; 127 (2): 777-818

    View details for DOI 10.1086/701031

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  • The Human Network: How your social position determines your power, beliefs, and behaviors Jackson, M. O. Vintage. 2019
  • Tragedy revisited. Science (New York, N.Y.) Boyd, R., Richerson, P. J., Meinzen-Dick, R., De Moor, T., Jackson, M. O., Gjerde, K. M., Harden-Davies, H., Frischmann, B. M., Madison, M. J., Strandburg, K. J., McLean, A. R., Dye, C. 2018; 362 (6420): 1236-1241

    View details for DOI 10.1126/science.aaw0911

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  • Diffusion in networks and the virtue of burstiness. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Akbarpour, M., Jackson, M. O. 2018

    Abstract

    Whether an idea, information, or infection diffuses throughout a society depends not only on the structure of the network of interactions, but also on the timing of those interactions. People are not always available to interact with others, and people differ in the timing of when they are active. Some people are active for long periods and then inactive for long periods, while others switch more frequently from being active to inactive and back. We show that maximizing diffusion in classic contagion processes requires heterogeneous activity patterns across agents. In particular, maximizing diffusion comes from mixing two extreme types of people: those who are stationary for long periods of time, changing from active to inactive or back only infrequently, and others who alternate frequently between being active and inactive.

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  • Pricing and referrals in diffusion on networks GAMES AND ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR Leduc, M. V., Jackson, M. O., Johari, R. 2017; 104: 568–94
  • SOCIAL NORMS AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF LAWS JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION Acemoglu, D., Jackson, M. O. 2017; 15 (2): 245-295
  • The Economic Consequences of Social-Network Structure JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC LITERATURE Jackson, M. O., Rogers, B. W., Zenou, Y. 2017; 55 (1): 49–95
  • Empathy and well-being correlate with centrality in different social networks. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Morelli, S. A., Ong, D. C., Makati, R. n., Jackson, M. O., Zaki, J. n. 2017; 114 (37): 9843–47

    Abstract

    Individuals benefit from occupying central roles in social networks, but little is known about the psychological traits that predict centrality. Across four college freshman dorms (n = 193), we characterized individuals with a battery of personality questionnaires and also asked them to nominate dorm members with whom they had different types of relationships. This revealed several social networks within dorm communities with differing characteristics. In particular, additional data showed that networks varied in the degree to which nominations depend on (i) trust and (ii) shared fun and excitement. Networks more dependent upon trust were further defined by fewer connections than those more dependent on fun. Crucially, network and personality features interacted to predict individuals' centrality: people high in well-being (i.e., life satisfaction and positive emotion) were central to networks characterized by fun, whereas people high in empathy were central to networks characterized by trust. Together, these findings provide network-based corroboration of psychological evidence that well-being is socially attractive, whereas empathy supports close relationships. More broadly, these data highlight how an individual's personality relates to the roles that they play in sustaining their community.

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  • Diffusion in Networks and the Unexpected Virtue of Burstiness Akbarpour, M., Jackson, M. O., Assoc Comp Machinery ASSOC COMPUTING MACHINERY. 2017: 543
  • Inducing Leaders to Take Risky Decisions: Dismissal, Tenure, and Term Limits AMERICAN ECONOMIC JOURNAL-MICROECONOMICS Aghion, P., Jackson, M. O. 2016; 8 (3): 1-38
  • History, Expectations, and Leadership in the Evolution of Social Norms REVIEW OF ECONOMIC STUDIES Acemoglu, D., Jackson, M. O. 2015; 82 (2): 423-456
  • THE ECONOMETRIC SOCIETY ANNUAL REPORTS REPORT OF THE EDITORS 2013-2014 ECONOMETRICA Acemoglu, D., Einav, L., Hansen, L., Jackson, M. O., Jehiel, P., Sobel, J., Tamer, E. 2015; 83 (1): 403-406

    View details for DOI 10.3982/ECTA831EDS

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  • Present Bias and Collective Dynamic Choice in the Lab AMERICAN ECONOMIC REVIEW Jackson, M. O., Yariv, L. 2014; 104 (12): 4184-4204
  • Networks in the Understanding of Economic Behaviors JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES Jackson, M. O. 2014; 28 (4): 3-22

    View details for DOI 10.1257/jep.28.4.3

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  • Financial Networks and Contagion AMERICAN ECONOMIC REVIEW Elliott, M., Golub, B., Jackson, M. O. 2014; 104 (10): 3115-3153
  • Culture-dependent strategies in coordination games. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Jackson, M. O., Xing, Y. 2014; 111: 10889-10896

    Abstract

    We examine different populations' play in coordination games in online experiments with over 1,000 study participants. Study participants played a two-player coordination game that had multiple equilibria: two equilibria with highly asymmetric payoffs and another equilibrium with symmetric payoffs but a slightly lower total payoff. Study participants were predominantly from India and the United States. Study participants residing in India played the strategies leading to asymmetric payoffs significantly more frequently than study participants residing in the United States who showed a greater play of the strategy leading to the symmetric payoffs. In addition, when prompted to play asymmetrically, the population from India responded even more significantly than those from the United States. Overall, study participants' predictions of how others would play were more accurate when the other player was from their own populations, and they coordinated significantly more frequently and earned significantly higher payoffs when matched with other study participants from their own population than when matched across populations.

    View details for DOI 10.1073/pnas.1400826111

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  • The Diffusion of Microfinance SCIENCE Banerjee, A., Chandrasekhar, A. G., Duflo, E., Jackson, M. O. 2013; 341 (6144): 363-?

    Abstract

    To study the impact of the choice of injection points in the diffusion of a new product in a society, we developed a model of word-of-mouth diffusion and then applied it to data on social networks and participation in a newly available microfinance loan program in 43 Indian villages. Our model allows us to distinguish information passing among neighbors from direct influence of neighbors' participation decisions, as well as information passing by participants versus nonparticipants. The model estimates suggest that participants are seven times as likely to pass information compared to informed nonparticipants, but information passed by nonparticipants still accounts for roughly one-third of eventual participation. An informed household is not more likely to participate if its informed friends participate. We then propose two new measures of how effective a given household would be as an injection point. We show that the centrality of the injection points according to these measures constitutes a strong and significant predictor of eventual village-level participation.

    View details for DOI 10.1126/science.1236498

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  • The diffusion of microfinance. Science Banerjee, A., Chandrasekhar, A. G., Duflo, E., Jackson, M. O. 2013; 341 (6144): 1236498-?

    Abstract

    To study the impact of the choice of injection points in the diffusion of a new product in a society, we developed a model of word-of-mouth diffusion and then applied it to data on social networks and participation in a newly available microfinance loan program in 43 Indian villages. Our model allows us to distinguish information passing among neighbors from direct influence of neighbors' participation decisions, as well as information passing by participants versus nonparticipants. The model estimates suggest that participants are seven times as likely to pass information compared to informed nonparticipants, but information passed by nonparticipants still accounts for roughly one-third of eventual participation. An informed household is not more likely to participate if its informed friends participate. We then propose two new measures of how effective a given household would be as an injection point. We show that the centrality of the injection points according to these measures constitutes a strong and significant predictor of eventual village-level participation.

    View details for DOI 10.1126/science.1236498

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  • Deliberation, disclosure of information, and voting JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC THEORY Jackson, M. O., Tan, X. 2013; 148 (1): 2-30
  • Unraveling Peers and Peer Effects: Comments on Goldsmith-Pinkham and lmbens' "Social Networks and the Identification of Peer Effects" Journal of Business and Economic Statistics Jackson, M. 2013; 31 (3): 270-273
  • Economic Analyses of Social Networks edited by Jackson, M., Zenou, Y. Edward Elgar Publishing. 2013
  • Economic Engineering and the Design of Matching Markets: The Contributions of Alvin E. Roth SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS Jackson, M. O. 2013; 115 (3): 619-639

    View details for DOI 10.1111/sjoe.12026

    View details for Web of Science ID 000320665700003

  • Homophily and long-run integration in social networks JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC THEORY Bramoulle, Y., Currarini, S., Jackson, M. O., Pin, P., Rogers, B. W. 2012; 147 (5): 1754-1786
  • Social Capital and Social Quilts: Network Patterns of Favor Exchange AMERICAN ECONOMIC REVIEW Jackson, M. O., Rodriguez-Barraquer, T., Tan, X. 2012; 102 (5): 1857-1897
  • How Homophily Affects the Speed of Learning and Best-Response Dynamics QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS Golub, B., Jackson, M. O. 2012; 127 (3): 1287-1338

    View details for DOI 10.1093/qje/qjs021

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  • Epsilon-equilibria of perturbed games GAMES AND ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR Jackson, M. O., Rodriguez-Barraquer, T., Tan, X. 2012; 75 (1): 198-216
  • Does Homophily Predict Consensus Times? Testing a Model of Network Structure via a Dynamic Process REVIEW OF NETWORK ECONOMICS Golub, B., Jackson, M. O. 2012; 11 (3)
  • Network Structure and the Speed of Learning: Measuring Homophily Based on its Consequences Annals of Economics and Statistics Jackson, M. 2012; 107/108
  • Introduction to the Special Issues in Honor of Salvador BarberA 's 65th birthday SERIES-JOURNAL OF THE SPANISH ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION Jackson, M. O., Sonnenschein, H. F. 2011; 2 (4): 423-430
  • The Reasons for Warss - an Updated Survey Handbook on the Political Economy of War Jackson, M., Morelli, M. edited by Coyne, C., Mathers, R. Elgar Publishing. 2011
  • The reasons for wars: an updated survey HANDBOOK ON THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF WAR Jackson, M. O., Morelli, M. edited by Coyne, C. J., Mathers, R. L. 2011: 34-57
  • An Overview of Social Networks and Economic Applications Handbook of Social Economics Jackson, M. edited by Benhabib, J., Bisin, A., Jackson, M. North Holland. 2011
  • Handbook of Social Economics edited by Jackson, M., Benhabib, J., Bisin, A. North Holland. 2011
  • Diffusion, Strategic Interaction, and Social Structure Handbook of Social Economics Jackson, M., Yariv, L. edited by Benhabib, J., Bisin, A., Jackson, M. North Holland. 2011
  • Social games: Matching and the play of finitely repeated games GAMES AND ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR Jackson, M. O., Watts, A. 2010; 70 (1): 170-191
  • Introduction to the special issue in honor of Ehud Kalai GAMES AND ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR Jackson, M. O., Lehrer, E. 2010; 70 (1): 1-3
  • Using selection bias to explain the observed structure of Internet diffusions PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Golub, B., Jackson, M. O. 2010; 107 (24): 10833-10836

    Abstract

    Recently, large datasets stored on the Internet have enabled the analysis of processes, such as large-scale diffusions of information, at new levels of detail. In a recent study, Liben-Nowell and Kleinberg [(2008) Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 105:4633-4638] observed that the flow of information on the Internet exhibits surprising patterns whereby a chain letter reaches its typical recipient through long paths of hundreds of intermediaries. We show that a basic Galton-Watson epidemic model combined with the selection bias of observing only large diffusions suffices to explain these patterns. Thus, selection biases of which data we observe can radically change the estimation of classical diffusion processes.

    View details for DOI 10.1073/pnas.1000814107

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  • Identifying the roles of race-based choice and chance in high school friendship network formation PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Currarini, S., Jackson, M. O., Pin, P. 2010; 107 (11): 4857-4861

    Abstract

    Homophily, the tendency of people to associate with others similar to themselves, is observed in many social networks, ranging from friendships to marriages to business relationships, and is based on a variety of characteristics, including race, age, gender, religion, and education. We present a technique for distinguishing two primary sources of homophily: biases in the preferences of individuals over the types of their friends and biases in the chances that people meet individuals of other types. We use this technique to analyze racial patterns in friendship networks in a set of American high schools from the Add Health dataset. Biases in preferences and biases in meeting rates are both highly significant in these data, and both types of biases differ significantly across races. Asians and Blacks are biased toward interacting with their own race at rates >7 times higher than Whites, whereas Hispanics exhibit an intermediate bias in meeting opportunities. Asians exhibit the least preference bias, valuing friendships with other types 90% as much as friendships with Asians, whereas Blacks and Hispanics value friendships with other types 55% and 65% as much as same-type friendships, respectively, and Whites fall in between, valuing other-type friendships 75% as much as friendships with Whites. Meetings are significantly more biased in large schools (>1,000 students) than in small schools (<1,000 students), and biases in preferences exhibit some significant variation with the median household income levels in the counties surrounding the schools.

    View details for DOI 10.1073/pnas.0911793107

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  • PEER PRESSURE JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION Calvo-Armengol, A., Jackson, M. O. 2010; 8 (1): 62-89
  • SOCIAL NETWORKS AND PEER EFFECTS: AN INTRODUCTION JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION Jackson, M. O., Vives, X. 2010; 8 (1): 1-6
  • Naive Learning in Social Networks and the Wisdom of Crowds AMERICAN ECONOMIC JOURNAL-MICROECONOMICS Golub, B., Jackson, M. O. 2010; 2 (1): 112-149
  • Network Games REVIEW OF ECONOMIC STUDIES Galeotti, A., Goyal, S., Jackson, M. O., Vega-Redondo, F., Yariv, L. 2010; 77 (1): 218-244
  • An Economic Model of Friendship: Homophily, Minorities, and Segregation 62nd European Meeting of the Econometric-Society Currarini, S., Jackson, M. O., Pin, P. WILEY-BLACKWELL. 2009: 1003–45

    View details for DOI 10.3982/ECTA7528

    View details for Web of Science ID 000268218600001

  • Non-existence of equilibrium in Vickrey, second-price, and English auctions REVIEW OF ECONOMIC DESIGN Jackson, M. O. 2009; 13 (1-2): 137-145
  • The role of responsibility in strategic risk-taking JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR & ORGANIZATION Charness, G., Jackson, M. O. 2009; 69 (3): 241-247
  • Commentary "Do We Inherit Our Positions in Life? Genetic Influences on Social Network Characteristics" Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Jackson, M. 2009: 1687–1688

    View details for DOI 10.1073/pnas.0813169106

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  • Like Father, Like Son: Social Network Externalities and Parent-Child Correlation in Behavior AMERICAN ECONOMIC JOURNAL-MICROECONOMICS Calvo-Armengol, A., Jackson, M. O. 2009; 1 (1): 124-150
  • Identifying Community Structures from Network Data via Maximum Likelihood Methods B E JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL ECONOMICS Copic, J., Jackson, M. O., Kirman, A. 2009; 9 (1)
  • Social Networks in Economics The Annual Review of Economics Jackson, M. 2009; 1: 489-513
  • Networks and Economic Behavior ANNUAL REVIEW OF ECONOMICS Jackson, M. O. 2009; 1: 489-511
  • Vote Buying: Legislatures and Lobbying QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE Dekel, E., Jackson, M. O., Wolinsky, A. 2009; 4 (2): 103-128
  • Strategic Militarization, Deterrence and Wars QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE Jackson, M. O., Morelli, M. 2009; 4 (4): 279-313
  • Vote buying: General elections JOURNAL OF POLITICAL ECONOMY Dekel, E., Jackson, M. O., Wolinsky, A. 2008; 116 (2): 351-380
  • A categorical model of cognition and biased decision making B E JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL ECONOMICS Fryer, R., Jackson, M. O. 2008; 8 (1)
  • Social and Economic Networks SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC NETWORKS Jackson, M. O. 2008: 1-504
  • Equilibrium Existence in Bipartite Social Games: A Generalization of Stable Matchings ECONOMICS BULLETIN Jackson, M., Watts, A. 2008; 3
  • Equilibrium Existence in Bipartite Social Games: A Generalization of Stable Matchings Economics Bulletin Jackson, M., Watts, A. 2008; 3 (12): 1-8
  • A Volume in Honor of Hugo F. Sonnenschein: Foundations in Microeconomic Theory edited by Jackson, M., McLennan, A. Springer Heidelberg. 2008
  • Social and Economic Networks Jackson, M. Princeton University Press. 2008
  • Network Formation The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics and the Law Jackson, M. MacMillian Press. 2008
  • Average Distance, Diameter, and Clustering in Social Networks with Homophily 4th International Workshop on Internet and Network Economics Jackson, M. O. SPRINGER-VERLAG BERLIN. 2008: 4–11
  • Political bias and war AMERICAN ECONOMIC REVIEW Jackson, M. O., Morelli, M. 2007; 97 (4): 1353-1373
  • Group play in games and the role of consent in network formation JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC THEORY Charness, G., Jackson, M. O. 2007; 136 (1): 417-445
  • Meeting strangers and friends of friends: How random are social networks? AMERICAN ECONOMIC REVIEW Jackson, M. O., Rogers, B. W. 2007; 97 (3): 890-915
  • Diffusion of behavior and equilibrium properties in network games 119th Annual Meeting of the American-Economic-Association Jackson, M. O., Yariv, L. AMER ECONOMIC ASSOC. 2007: 92–98
  • The formation of networks with transfers among players JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC THEORY Bloch, F., Jackson, M. O. 2007; 133 (1): 83-110
  • Overcoming incentive constraints by linking decisions ECONOMETRICA Jackson, M. O., Sonnenschein, H. F. 2007; 75 (1): 241-257
  • The Study of Social Networks in Economics The Missing Links: Formation and Decay of Economic Networks Jackson, M. edited by Rauch, J. E. Russell Sage Foundation. 2007
  • Networks in labor markets: Wage and employment dynamics and inequality JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC THEORY Calvo-Armengol, A., Jackson, M. O. 2007; 132 (1): 27-46
  • Envy-Freeness and Implementation in Large Economies The Review of Economic Design Jackson, M., Kremer, I. 2007; 11 (3): 185-198
  • Nomination processes and policy outcomes QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE Jackson, M. O., Mathevet, L., Mattes, K. 2007; 2 (1): 67-94
  • Relating network structure to diffusion properties through stochastic dominance B E JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL ECONOMICS Jackson, M. O., Rogers, B. W. 2007; 7 (1)
  • On the informational inefficiency of discriminatory price auctions JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC THEORY Jackson, M. O., Kremer, I. 2007; 132 (1): 507-517
  • The relevance of a choice of auction format in a competitive environment REVIEW OF ECONOMIC STUDIES Jackson, M. O., Kremer, I. 2006; 73 (4): 961-981
  • Definitions of equilibrium in network formation games INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GAME THEORY Bloch, F., Jackson, M. O. 2006; 34 (3): 305-318
  • On the weights of nations: Assigning voting weights in a heterogeneous union JOURNAL OF POLITICAL ECONOMY Barbera, S., Jackson, M. O. 2006; 114 (2): 317-339
  • On the weights of nations: Assigning voting weights in a heterogeneous union JOURNAL OF POLITICAL ECONOMY Barberà, S., Jackson, M. O. 2006; 114 (2): 317-339

    View details for DOI 10.1086/501172

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  • Social Networks and the Diffusion of Behavior Yale Economic Review Jackson, M., Yariv, L. 2006; 3 (2): 42-47
  • The economics of social networks Jackson, M. O. edited by Blundell, R., Newey, W. K., Persson, T. CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS. 2006: 1-56
  • On the Weight of Nations: Assigning Voting Power to Heterogeneous Voters Journal of Political Economy Jackson, M., Barbera, S. 2006; 114 (2): 317-339
  • The economics of social networks 9th World Congress of the Econometric-Society Jackson, M. O. CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS. 2006: 1–56
  • Strongly stable networks GAMES AND ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR Jackson, M. O., van den Nouweland, A. 2005; 51 (2): 420-444
  • The economics of small worlds 19th Annual Congress of the European-Economic-Association Jackson, M. O., Rogers, B. W. WILEY-BLACKWELL. 2005: 617–27
  • Endogenous games and mechanisms: Side payments among players REVIEW OF ECONOMIC STUDIES Jackson, M. O., Wilkie, S. 2005; 72 (2): 543-566
  • The economics of small worlds Jackson, M. O., Rogers, B. W. M I T PRESS. 2005: 617-627
  • Endogenous games and mechanisms: Side payments among players REVIEW OF ECONOMIC STUDIES Jackson, M. O., Wilkie, S. 2005; 72 (2): 543-566
  • Allocation rules for network games GAMES AND ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR Jackson, M. O. 2005; 51 (1): 128-154
  • Existence of Equilibria in Single and Double Auctions Econometrica Jackson, M., Swinkels, J. 2005; 73 (1): 93-139
  • Existence of equilibrium in single and double private value auctions ECONOMETRICA Jackson, M. O., Swinkels, J. M. 2005; 73 (1): 93-139
  • The Banks Set and the Uncovered Set in Budget Allocation Problems SOCIAL CHOICE AND STRATEGIC DECISIONS: ESSAYS IN HONOR OF JEFFREY S. BANKS Dutta, B., Jackson, M. O., Le Breton, M. edited by AustenSmith, D., Duggan, J. 2005: 163-199
  • A Survey of Network Formation Models: Stability and Efficiency GROUP FORMATION IN ECONOMICS: NETWORKS, CLUBS, AND COALITIONS Jackson, M. O. edited by Demange, G., Wooders, M. 2005: 11-57
  • A Survey of Models of Network Formation: Stability and Efficiency Group Formation in Economics; Networks, Clubs and Coalitions Jackson, M. edited by Demange, G., Wooders, M. Cambridge University Press. 2005
  • Diffusion on Social Networks Économie Publique Jackson, M., Yariv, L. 2005; 16 (1): 3-16
  • Existence of equilibrium in single and double private value auctions ECONOMETRICA Jackson, M. O., Swinkels, J. M. 2005; 73 (1): 93-139
  • The Banks Set and the Uncovered Set in Budget Allocation Problems Social Choice and Strategic Decisions: Essays in Honor of Jeffrey S. Banks Jackson, M., Dutta, B., Breton, M. L. edited by Austen-Smith, D., Duggan, J. Springer Verlag. 2005
  • Communication and equilibrium in discontinuous games of incomplete information (vol 70, pg 1711, 2002) ECONOMETRICA Jackson, M. O., Simon, L. K., Swinkels, J. M., Zame, W. R. 2004; 72 (6): 1927-1929
  • Choosing how to choose: Self-stable majority rules and constitutions QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS Barbera, S., Jackson, M. O. 2004; 119 (3): 1011-1048
  • Choosing how to choose: Self-stable majority rules and constitutions QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS Barbera, S., Jackson, M. O. 2004; 119 (3): 1011-1048
  • Equilibrium agenda formation SOCIAL CHOICE AND WELFARE Dutta, B., Jackson, M. O., Le Breton, M. 2004; 23 (1): 21-57
  • The effects of social networks on employment and inequality AMERICAN ECONOMIC REVIEW Calvo-Armengol, A., Jackson, M. O. 2004; 94 (3): 426-454
  • The effects of social networks on employment and inequality AMERICAN ECONOMIC REVIEW Calvó-Armengol, A., Jackson, M. O. 2004; 94 (3): 426-454
  • The relationship between the allocation of goods and a seller's revenue Workshop on Economic Theory Jackson, M. O., Kremer, I. ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA. 2004: 371–92
  • The strategy-proof provision of public goods under congestion and crowding preferences JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC THEORY Jackson, M. O., Nicolo, A. 2004; 115 (2): 278-308
  • Voluntary implementation (vol 98, pg 1, 2001) JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC THEORY Jackson, M. O., Palfrey, T. R. 2003; 110 (1): 204-205
  • La Crema: A case study of mutual fire insurance JOURNAL OF POLITICAL ECONOMY Cabrales, A., Calvo-Armengol, A., Jackson, M. O. 2003; 111 (2): 425-458
  • <i>La Crema</i>:: A case study of mutual fire insurance JOURNAL OF POLITICAL ECONOMY Cabrales, A., Calvó-Armengol, A., Jackson, M. O. 2003; 111 (2): 425-458

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  • The Stability and Efficiency of Economic and Social Networks Advances in Economic Design Jackson, M. edited by Sertel, M., Koray, S. Springer-Verlag. 2003
  • Strategic Stability and Efficiency in Directed Communication Networks Networks and Groups: Models of Strategic Formation Jackson, M., Dutta, B. edited by Jackson, M., Dutta, B. Springer-Verlag. 2003
  • Mechanism Theory in Optimization and Operation Research Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems Jackson, M. edited by Derigs, U. EOLSS Publishers. 2003
  • A Strategic Model of Social and Economic Networks Networks and Groups: Models of Strategic Formation Jackson, M., Wolinsky, A. edited by Jackson, M., Dutta, B. Springer-Verlag. 2003
  • On the Formation of Networks and Groups Networks and Groups: Models of Strategic Formation Jackson, M. edited by Dutta, B., Jackson, M. Springer-Verlag. 2003
  • The Stability and Efficiency of Economic and Social Networks Networks and Groups: Models of Strategic Formation Jackson, M. edited by Dutta, B., Jackson, M. Springer-Verlag. 2003
  • On the formation of interaction networks in social coordination games GAMES AND ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR Jackson, M. O., Watts, A. 2002; 41 (2): 265-291
  • On the formation of interaction networks in social coordination games GAMES AND ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR Jackson, M. O., Watts, A. 2002; 41 (2): 265-291
  • The evolution of social and economic networks JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC THEORY Jackson, M. O., Watts, A. 2002; 106 (2): 265-295
  • Communication and equilibrium in discontinuous games of incomplete information ECONOMETRICA Jackson, M. O., Simon, L. K., Swinkels, J. M., Zame, W. R. 2002; 70 (5): 1711-1740
  • Communication and equilibrium in discontinuous games of incomplete information ECONOMETRICA Jackson, M. O., Simon, L. K., Swinkels, J. M., Zame, W. R. 2002; 70 (5): 1711-1740
  • Asymptotic revenue equivalence in auctions JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC THEORY Bali, V., Jackson, M. 2002; 106 (1): 161-176
  • Voting by successive elimination and strategic candidacy JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC THEORY Dutta, B., Jackson, M. O., Le Breton, M. 2002; 103 (1): 190-218
  • Coalition and party formation in a legislative voting game JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC THEORY Jackson, M. O., Moselle, B. 2002; 103 (1): 49-87
  • Coalition and party formation in a legislative voting game JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC THEORY Jackson, M. O., Moselle, B. 2002; 103 (1): 49-87
  • The stability of hedonic coalition structures GAMES AND ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR Bogomolnaia, A., Jackson, M. O. 2002; 38 (2): 201-230
  • A crash course in implementation theory SOCIAL CHOICE AND WELFARE Jackson, M. O. 2001; 18 (4): 655-708
  • A crash course in implementation theory SOCIAL CHOICE AND WELFARE Jackson, M. O. 2001; 18 (4): 655-708
  • Strategic candidacy and voting procedures ECONOMETRICA Dutta, B., Jackson, M. O., Le Breton, M. 2001; 69 (4): 1013-1037
  • Strategic candidacy and voting procedures ECONOMETRICA Dutta, B., Jackson, M. O., Le Breton, M. 2001; 69 (4): 1013-1037
  • Voluntary implementation JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC THEORY Jackson, M. O., Palfrey, T. R. 2001; 98 (1): 1-25
  • The Existence of Pairwise Stable Networks Seoul Journal of Economics Jackson, M., Watts, A. 2001; 14 (3): 299-321
  • Strategic Stability and Efficiency in Directed Communication Networks Review of Economic Design Jackson, M., Dutta, B. 2000; 5 (3): 251-272
  • Reputation versus social learning JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC THEORY Jackson, M. O., Kalai, E. 1999; 88 (1): 40-59
  • The optimal design of a market JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC THEORY Brusco, S., Jackson, M. O. 1999; 88 (1): 1-39
  • Reputation versus social learning JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC THEORY Jackson, M. O., Kalai, E. 1999; 88 (1): 40-59
  • Bayesian representation of stochastic processes under learning: De Finetti revisited ECONOMETRICA Jackson, M. O., Kalai, E., Smorodinsky, R. 1999; 67 (4): 875-893
  • Bayesian representation of stochastic processes under learning: De Finetti revisited ECONOMETRICA Jackson, M. O., Kalai, E., Smorodinsky, R. 1999; 67 (4): 875-893
  • Asymmetric information in a competitive market game: Reexamining the implications of rational expectations ECONOMIC THEORY Jackson, M. O., Peck, J. 1999; 13 (3): 603-628
  • Asymmetric information in a competitive market game: Reexamining the implications of rational expectations ECONOMIC THEORY Jackson, M. O., Peck, J. 1999; 13 (3): 603-628
  • Bayesian Implementation Recent Developments in Game Theory Jackson, M. edited by Maskin, E. Edward Elgar Publishers. 1999
  • Efficiency and voluntary implementation in markets with repeated pairwise bargaining ECONOMETRICA Jackson, M. O., Palfrey, T. R. 1998; 66 (6): 1353-1388
  • Efficiency and voluntary implementation in markets with repeated pairwise bargaining ECONOMETRICA Jackson, M. O., Palfrey, T. R. 1998; 66 (6): 1353-1388

    View details for DOI 10.2307/2999620

    View details for Web of Science ID 000076699600005

  • Bid-Ask Spreads with Indirect Competition Among Specialists Journal of Financial Markets Jackson, M., Gehrig, T. 1998; 1 (1): 89-119
  • Social Learning in Recurring Games Social Organization and Mechanism Design Jackson, M., Kalai, E. edited by d'Aspremont, C. Francqui Foundation. 1998
  • Approximately competitive equilibria in large finite economies JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC THEORY Jackson, M. O., Manelli, A. M. 1997; 77 (2): 354-376
  • Social learning in recurring games GAMES AND ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR Jackson, M. O., Kalai, E. K. 1997; 21 (1-2): 102-134
  • Social learning in recurring games GAMES AND ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR Jackson, M. O., Kalai, E. K. 1997; 21 (1-2): 102-134
  • Approximate Competitive Equilibria in Large Economies Journal of Economic Theory Jackson, M., Manelli, A. 1997; 77 (2): 354-376
  • Strategy-proof allotment rules GAMES AND ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR Barbera, S., Jackson, M. O., Neme, A. 1997; 18 (1): 1-21
  • Recurring bullies, trembling and learning Jackson, M., Kalai, E. edited by Albers, W., Guth, W., Hammerstein, P., Moldovanu, B., vanDamme, E. SPRINGER-VERLAG BERLIN. 1997: 171-184
  • Strategy-proof allotment rules GAMES AND ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR Barbera, S., Jackson, M. O., Neme, A. 1997; 18 (1): 1-21
  • Recurring bullies, trembling and learning Jerusalem Conference on Understanding Strategic Interaction Jackson, M., Kalai, E. SPRINGER-VERLAG BERLIN. 1997: 171–184
  • A strategic model of social and economic networks JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC THEORY Jackson, M. O., Wolinsky, A. 1996; 71 (1): 44-74
  • A strategic model of social and economic networks JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC THEORY Jackson, M. O., Wolinsky, A. 1996; 71 (1): 44-74
  • A characterization of game-theoretic solutions which lead to impossibility theorems REVIEW OF ECONOMIC STUDIES Jackson, M. O., Srivastava, S. 1996; 63 (1): 23-38
  • A characterization of game-theoretic solutions which lead to impossibility theorems REVIEW OF ECONOMIC STUDIES Jackson, M. O., Srivastava, S. 1996; 63 (1): 23-38

    View details for DOI 10.2307/2298113

    View details for Web of Science ID A1996TR21200002

  • Characterizations of Game Theoretic Solution Concepts which Lead to Impossibility Theorems Review of Economic Studies Jackson, M., Srivastava, S. 1996; 63 (1): 23-28
  • STRATEGY-PROOF EXCHANGE ECONOMETRICA Barbera, S., Jackson, M. O. 1995; 63 (1): 51-87
  • STRATEGY-PROOF EXCHANGE ECONOMETRICA BARBERA, S., JACKSON, M. O. 1995; 63 (1): 51-87

    View details for DOI 10.2307/2951697

    View details for Web of Science ID A1995QC86900003

  • A PROOF OF THE EXISTENCE OF SPECULATIVE EQUILIBRIA JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC THEORY Jackson, M. O. 1994; 64 (1): 221-233
  • A PROOF OF THE EXISTENCE OF SPECULATIVE EQUILIBRIA JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC THEORY JACKSON, M. O. 1994; 64 (1): 221-233
  • A CHARACTERIZATION OF STRATEGY-PROOF SOCIAL CHOICE FUNCTIONS FOR ECONOMIES WITH PURE PUBLIC-GOODS SOCIAL CHOICE AND WELFARE Barbera, S., Jackson, M. 1994; 11 (3): 241-252
  • ON THE RELATION BETWEEN NASH EQUILIBRIA AND UNDOMINATED STRATEGIES FOR 2 PERSON, FINITE GAMES ECONOMICS LETTERS JACKSON, M. O., SRIVASTAVA, S. 1994; 45 (3): 315-318
  • A CHARACTERIZATION OF STRATEGY-PROOF SOCIAL CHOICE FUNCTIONS FOR ECONOMIES WITH PURE PUBLIC-GOODS SOCIAL CHOICE AND WELFARE BARBERA, S., JACKSON, M. 1994; 11 (3): 241-252
  • ON THE RELATION BETWEEN NASH EQUILIBRIA AND UNDOMINATED STRATEGIES FOR 2 PERSON, FINITE GAMES ECONOMICS LETTERS Jackson, M. O., Srivastava, S. 1994; 45 (3): 315-318
  • UNDOMINATED NASH IMPLEMENTATION IN BOUNDED MECHANISMS GAMES AND ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR Jackson, M. O., Palfrey, T. R., Srivastava, S. 1994; 6 (3): 474-501
  • UNDOMINATED NASH IMPLEMENTATION IN BOUNDED MECHANISMS GAMES AND ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR JACKSON, M. O., PALFREY, T. R., SRIVASTAVA, S. 1994; 6 (3): 474-501
  • INCENTIVE COMPATIBILITY AND COMPETITIVE ALLOCATIONS ECONOMICS LETTERS Jackson, M. O. 1992; 40 (3): 299-302
  • INCENTIVE COMPATIBILITY AND COMPETITIVE ALLOCATIONS ECONOMICS LETTERS JACKSON, M. O. 1992; 40 (3): 299-302
  • IMPLEMENTATION IN UNDOMINATED STRATEGIES - A LOOK AT BOUNDED MECHANISMS REVIEW OF ECONOMIC STUDIES Jackson, M. O. 1992; 59 (4): 757-775
  • IMPLEMENTATION IN UNDOMINATED STRATEGIES - A LOOK AT BOUNDED MECHANISMS REVIEW OF ECONOMIC STUDIES JACKSON, M. O. 1992; 59 (4): 757-775

    View details for DOI 10.2307/2297996

    View details for Web of Science ID A1992JR53400006

  • ON 2-PERSON NASH IMPLEMENTABLE CHOICE FUNCTIONS SOCIAL CHOICE AND WELFARE Jackson, M. O., Srivastava, S. 1992; 9 (3): 263-264
  • ON 2-PERSON NASH IMPLEMENTABLE CHOICE FUNCTIONS SOCIAL CHOICE AND WELFARE JACKSON, M. O., SRIVASTAVA, S. 1992; 9 (3): 263-264
  • IMPLEMENTING A PUBLIC PROJECT AND DISTRIBUTING ITS COST JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC THEORY Jackson, M., Moulin, H. 1992; 57 (1): 125-140
  • IMPLEMENTING A PUBLIC PROJECT AND DISTRIBUTING ITS COST JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC THEORY JACKSON, M., MOULIN, H. 1992; 57 (1): 125-140
  • SPECULATION AND PRICE FLUCTUATIONS WITH PRIVATE, EXTRINSIC SIGNALS JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC THEORY Jackson, M., Peck, J. 1991; 55 (2): 274-295
  • SPECULATION AND PRICE FLUCTUATIONS WITH PRIVATE, EXTRINSIC SIGNALS JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC THEORY JACKSON, M., PECK, J. 1991; 55 (2): 274-295
  • BAYESIAN IMPLEMENTATION ECONOMETRICA Jackson, M. O. 1991; 59 (2): 461-477
  • BAYESIAN IMPLEMENTATION ECONOMETRICA JACKSON, M. O. 1991; 59 (2): 461-477

    View details for DOI 10.2307/2938265

    View details for Web of Science ID A1991FD85700008

  • Stock, Options, and Deferred Compensation Research in Labor Economics Jackson, M., Lazear, E. 1991; 12: 41-62
  • EQUILIBRIUM, PRICE FORMATION, AND THE VALUE OF PRIVATE INFORMATION REVIEW OF FINANCIAL STUDIES JACKSON, M. O. 1991; 4 (1): 1-16

    View details for DOI 10.1093/rfs/4.1.1

    View details for Web of Science ID A1991FU33700002

  • EQUILIBRIUM, PRICE FORMATION, AND THE VALUE OF PRIVATE INFORMATION REVIEW OF FINANCIAL STUDIES Jackson, M. O. 1991; 4 (1): 1-16
  • OPTIMAL HEDGING AND EQUILIBRIUM IN A DYNAMIC FUTURES MARKET JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC DYNAMICS & CONTROL Duffie, D., Jackson, M. O. 1990; 14 (1): 21-33
  • OPTIMAL HEDGING AND EQUILIBRIUM IN A DYNAMIC FUTURES MARKET JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC DYNAMICS & CONTROL DUFFIE, D., JACKSON, M. O. 1990; 14 (1): 21-33
  • Optimal Innovation of Futures Contracts REVIEW OF FINANCIAL STUDIES Duffie, D., Jackson, M. O. 1989; 2 (3): 275-296
  • MAXIMIN, LEXIMIN, AND THE PROTECTIVE CRITERION - CHARACTERIZATIONS AND COMPARISONS JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC THEORY Barbara, S., Jackson, M. 1988; 46 (1): 34-44
  • MAXIMIN, LEXIMIN, AND THE PROTECTIVE CRITERION - CHARACTERIZATIONS AND COMPARISONS JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC THEORY BARBARA, S., JACKSON, M. 1988; 46 (1): 34-44
  • INTEGRATION OF DEMAND AND CONTINUOUS UTILITY-FUNCTIONS JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC THEORY Jackson, M. O. 1986; 38 (2): 298-312
  • INTEGRATION OF DEMAND AND CONTINUOUS UTILITY-FUNCTIONS JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC THEORY JACKSON, M. O. 1986; 38 (2): 298-312
  • CONTINUOUS UTILITY-FUNCTIONS IN CONSUMER THEORY - A SET OF DUALITY THEOREMS JOURNAL OF MATHEMATICAL ECONOMICS Jackson, M. O. 1986; 15 (1): 63-77
  • CONTINUOUS UTILITY-FUNCTIONS IN CONSUMER THEORY - A SET OF DUALITY THEOREMS JOURNAL OF MATHEMATICAL ECONOMICS JACKSON, M. O. 1986; 15 (1): 63-77