Research Interests
Economic Theory, Networks.
Biography
Sanjeev Goyal is a pioneer and leading international scholar in the study of social and economic networks. His book, `Connections: an introduction to the economics of networks`, was published in 2007 by Princeton University Press. A Chinese translation appeared in 2010.
Sanjeev Goyal is a Fellow of the British Academy and a Fellow of the Econometric Society. He was the Founding Director of the Cambridge-INET Institute (2012-2014) and Chair of the Economics Faculty (2014-2018).
Selected Publications
Published Papers
Galeotti, A., Golub, B. and Goyal, S. Targeting Interventions in Networks, Econometrica, forthcoming (2020)Dasgupta, P. and Goyal, S. Narrow Identities, Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (2019), vol 175, no. 3, pp. 395-419
Goyal, S., Heidari, H. and Kearns, M. Competitive Contagion in Networks, Games and Economic Behavior (2019), vol 113, pp. 58-79
Gagnon, J. and Goyal, S. Networks, Markets and Inequality, American Economic Review (2017), vol 107(1), pp. 1-30
Goyal, S. and Vigier, A. Attack, defence and contagion in networks, Review of Economic Studies (2014), vol 81(4), pp. 1518-1542
Cambridge Working Papers in Economics
Ductor, L., Goyal, S., van der Leij, M. and Paez, G. N. On the Influence of Top Journals, (2020) CWPE2029Choi, S., Goyal, S. and Moisan, F. Brokerage, (2020) CWPE2005
Choi, S., Goyal, S. and Moisan, F. Connectors and Influencers, (2019) CWPE1935
Ductor, L, Goyal, S. and Prummer, A. Gender & Collaboration, (2018) CWPE1820
Dziubinski, M., Goyal, S. and Minarsch, D. E. N. The Strategy of Conquest, (2017) CWPE1704
Recent Activities
Wesley Clair Mitchell Visiting Professor at Columbia University, Spring 2020.
Goh Keng Swee Visiting Chair, National University of Singapore. 2019.
Ganshof van der Meersch lecture, Institute for European Studies. 2018. [video link]
Distinguished Lecture, MIT Institute for Data, Systems, and Society. 2018. [video link]
Paul Kleindorfer Lecture, Society of Economic Design, York. 2017.
Public Lecture, Oxford Mathematical Institute. 2017. [video link]
Research Grants
Bridging The Gap From Individual Behaviour To The Socio-Technical Man (IBSEN) (Horizon 2020, Future & Emerging Technologies (FET))
Complexity-Net: Resilience And Interaction Of Networks In Ecology And Economics (Resinee) (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC))
Research Seminars: Seminars On Networks (Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC))
Influencing The Influencers: A Theory Of Strategic Diffusion (Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC))
Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET)
The Cambridge-INET Institute
Coordinator for Networks, Crowds and Markets Research Theme
Keynes Fund Sponsored Projects
Experiments on Financial Networks Goyal, S. (JHLB) Research Output
Experiments on 'Networked Markets' Goyal, S. (JHLR) Project Summary and Output
Efficiency and Inequality in a Network Economy Goyal, S. (JHOS)
Social Learning and Fake News Goyal, S. (JHUM)
Teaching
MPhil - S150 Economics of Networks
Phd11 - Applied Microeonomic Theory
PhD Students
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