Course ID: | ECON 4360/6360. 3 hours. |
Course Title: | Game Theory |
Course Description: | The theory of games, with examples from economics and social
sciences. A focus on non-cooperative games and the classical,
rationalistic approach to strategic behavior. Formal models of
strategic reasoning are presented, along with classroom
experiments and examples. |
Oasis Title: | GAME THEORY |
Prerequisite: | ECON 4010 |
Semester Course Offered: | Offered every year. |
Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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Course Objectives: | To familiarize students with game theory, the main alternative to
competitive market reasoning. To enlighten students on theories
of strategic reasoning and behavior to promote better
understanding of economic theory and to inform decision-making in
the real world. |
Topical Outline: | Extensive form games
Backward induction
Common knowledge
Normal form games
The notion of strategy
Dominated strategies
Nash equilibria
Mixed strategies
Zero-sum games
Mini-max strategies
Repeated games
Cooperative and non-cooperative bargaining
Static games of incomplete information
Auction theory
Dynamic games
Perfect Bayesian equilibria
Signaling games
Evolutionary game theory |