Olena Rarytska | Teaching

Game Theory

• Meeting time: MWF, 11:15am-12:05pm, G132, GSH

• Office hours: MW 2:00-3:00pm, Uris 444

• Class materials: on Blackboard

• Text: An Introduction to Game Theory by Martin J. Osborne

Course description:  The course is an introductions to game theory, one of the major analytic tools in modern economics. The focus will be on mathematical models of conflict and cooperation in situations of uncertainty. Topics include representing games and strategies, Nash equilibrium, games of imperfect information, repeated games, evolutionary stability, asymmetric information, cooperation and bargaining.

Topics

1. Strategic Form Games & Nash Equilibrium

2. Mixed Strategy Equilibrium

3. Extensive Form Games

4. Coalitional Games and the Core

5. Normal Form Games with Imperfect Information

6. Extensive Form Games with Imperfect Information

7. Evolutionary Equilibrium

8. Repeated Games

9. Bargaining