Algorithms, Games, and Economics (Fall 2020)

When: Sundays, 14:15-16:00.

Where: Join the google group for a zoom link or email the instructor.

Instructor: Shahar Dobzinski (dobzin@gmail.com).

TA: Shiri Ron (shiri.ron@mail.huji.ac.il).

Please register to the Google group of the course.

Textbook

The course will not follow a specific textbook but "Algorithmic Game Theory" might serve as a useful reference sometimes.

Exercises

• 1. Exercise 1. Due date: 24/11.

  2. Exercise 2, Exercise 2b. Due date: 15/12.

  3. Exercise 3. Exercise 3b. Due date: 12/1.

  4. Exercise 4. Exercise 4b. Due date: 31/1.

  5. Exam.

Tentative Topics

1. Basics of game theory.

2. Congestion games.

3. The price of anarchy and the price of stability.

4. Competitive Equilibrium

5. Single item auctions.

6. Combinatorial auctions.

7. The VCG mechanism.

8. Incentives and computational considerations.

9. Behavioral economics.

10. Incentives in Bircoin (Bitcoin, P2P networks, BGP).