ECON 159: Game Theory
Class Sessions
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| 1. Introduction: five first lessons |
| 2. Putting yourselves into other people's shoes |
| 3. Iterative deletion and the median-voter theorem |
| 4. Best responses in soccer and business partnerships |
| 5. Nash equilibrium: bad fashion and bank runs |
| 6. Nash equilibrium: dating and Cournot |
| 7. Nash equilibrium: shopping, standing and voting on a line |
| 8. Nash equilibrium: location, segregation and randomization |
| 9. Mixed strategies in theory and tennis |
| 10. Mixed strategies in baseball, dating and paying your taxes |
| 11. Evolutionary stability: cooperation, mutation, and equilibrium |
| 12. Evolutionary stability: social convention, aggression, and cycles |
| Midterm Exam |
| 13. Sequential games: moral hazard, incentives, and hungry lions |
| 14. Backward induction: commitment, spies, and first-mover advantages |
| 15. Backward induction: chess, strategies, and credible threats |
| 16. Backward induction: reputation and duels |
| 17. Backward induction: ultimatums and bargaining |
| 18. Imperfect information: information sets and sub-game perfection |
| 19. Subgame perfect equilibrium: matchmaking and strategic investments |
| 20. Subgame perfect equilibrium: wars of attrition |
| 21. Repeated games: cooperation vs. the end game |
| 22. Repeated games: cheating, punishment, and outsourcing |
| 23. Asymmetric information: silence, signaling and suffering education |
| 24. Asymmetric information: auctions and the winner's curse |
| Final Exam |
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