Teaching

INFORMATION

• My TED talk about happiness, behavioral economics and my life is online: “The Pursuit of Happiness: Advice from a Behavioral Economist.”

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• Here is a short video introduction to my Game Theory class.

• Here is a short video introduction to my Experimental Economics class (not teaching now).

• Students from the summer Bible School where I taught wrote me a song, here is a You Tube video.

ECON 329 - GAME THEORY

• Syllabus

• Introduction to Game Theory

• Normal Form Games & Experiment 1

• Dominated Strategies and IEDS Equilibrium

• Best Response and Nash Equilibrium

• Homework 1 & see the article below

  • "The Prisoner’s Dilemma in Business and the Economy"

• Maximization Problem & Experiment 2

• Cournot Models of Duopoly and Oligopoly & Experiment 3

• Contests and Tournaments

• Homework 2 & see the articles below

  • “Impulsive Behavior in Competition: Testing Theories of Overbidding in Rent-Seeking Contests”

  • “Overbidding and Heterogeneous Behavior in Contest Experiments”

  • “Overbidding and Overspreading in Rent-Seeking Experiments: Cost Structure and Prize Allocation Rules”

• Mixed-Strategy Equilibrium & Experiment 4

• Mixed Strategy Equilibrium - Theorems 1 and 2

• Mixed Strategy Equilibrium - Theorems 3 and 4 & Experiment 5

• Homework 3 & see the article below

  • “A Survey of Experimental Research on Contests, All-Pay Auctions and Tournaments”

• All-Pay Auction

• Review for Exam 1

• Exam 1 (TBA)

• Extensive Form Games & Experiment 6

• Subgame Perfect Equilibrium

• Homework 4 & see the articles below

  • "Building and Rebuilding Trust with Promises and Apologies"

  • "Three-Player Trust Game with Insider Communication"

• Imperfect Information

• Stackelberg Models of Duopoly

• Homework 5 & see the article below

  • “Commitment Problems in Conflict Resolution”

• Experiments 7 and 8

• Repeated Games - Theorems 5 and 6

• Infinitely Repeated Games and Markov Perfect Equilibrium

• Homework 6 & see the article below

  • "Behavioral Spillovers in Coordination Games"

• Dynamic Oligopoly and Collusion

• Dynamic Contest and Cooperation

• Homework 7 & see the article below

  • “Tug-of-War in the Laboratory”

• Games For Fun

• Alternative Equilibria Concepts

• Review for Exam 2

• Exam 2 (TBA)

ECON 330 - BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS

• Syllabus

• Introduction to Behavioral Economics

• Using Experiments in Economics

• Model of Utility Maximization

• Homework 1 & see the article below

  • "Selective Recognition: How to Recognize Donors to Increase Charitable Giving"

• Experiments 1, 2, 3

• Evidence of Other-Regarding Preferences

• Models of Other-Regarding Preferences

• Applications of Other-Regarding Preferences

• Homework 2 & see the article below

  • "Giving Behavior of Millionaires"

• Experiments 4, 5, 6

• Model of Expected Utility

• Homework 3 & see the article below

  • "Contest Design: An Experimental Investigation"

• Model of Prospect Theory

• Solving Problems using Prospect Theory

• Application of Prospect Theory

• Homework 4 & see the article below

  • "Does Market Experience Eliminate Market Anomalies?"

• Review for Exam 1

• Exam 1 (TBA)

• Experiments 7, 8, 9

• Model of Exponential Discounting

• Homework 5 & see the article below

  • "Delay of gratification and the role of defaults – An experiment with kindergarten children"

• Model of Hyperbolic Discounting

• Solving Problems using Hyperbolic Discounting

• Application of Hyperbolic Discounting

• Homework 6 & see the article below

  • "Dynamic inconsistency in food choice: Experimental evidence from a food desert"

• Experiments 10, 11, 12

• Behavioral Game Theory

• Level-k Model

• Application of Level-k Model

• Homework 7 & see the article below

  • "Deception and reception: The behavior of information providers and users"

• Cognitive biases

• Review for Exam 2

• Exam 2 (TBA)

ECON 309 - INTERMEDIATE MICROECONOMICS

• Syllabus

• Principles of Microeconomics: A Review

• Introduction

• Math Review

• Preferences and Utility & Experiment 1

• Homework 1

• Utility Maximization and Choice

• Maximization vs Minimization

• Homework 2

• Income and Substitution Effects

• Homework 3

• Uncertainty & Experiment 2

• Homework 4

• Review for Exam 1

• Exam 1 (TBA)

• Production Functions

• Homework 5

• Cost Functions

• Homework 6

• Profit Maximization

• Homework 7

• Competitive Equilibrium & Experiment 3

• Homework 8

• Game Theory: Monopoly vs Oligopoly & Experiment 4

• Review for Exam 2

• Exam 2 (TBA)