ECN216-2016fa

Game Theory

Frederick H. Chen

http://college.wfu.edu/economics/faculty-and-staff/fred-chen

http://www.frederickchen.org/teaching/ecn216

http://static.wfu.edu/files/pdf/academics/ugb2016-2017.pdf

(3h) Introduction to mathematical models of social and strategic interactions.

P—ECN 205 and MTH 109. (D)

Games of Strategy

4th Ed.

Avinash Dixit, Susan Skeath, David H. Reiley

ISBN: 9780393124446

Print Length: 736 pages

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company; 4 edition (January 5, 2015)

Publication Date: January 17, 2015

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_theory

Guess the average game

Oskar Morgenstern

John von Neumann

John Nash

static complete

Nash equilibrium (NE) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nash_equilibrium

dynamic complete

subgame perfect equilibrium (SPE)

static incomplete

dyanmic incomplete

Perfect Bayesian NE (PBNE)

"solve" games

Normal-form games

strategies

payoffs

Rock-Paper-Scissors

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisoner%27s_dilemma

First Prize Auction

Second Prize Auction

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auction

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auction_theory

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-sum_game

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stag_hunt

golden balls. the weirdest split or steal ever!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0qjK3TWZE8

Bachelor Pad- Prisoner's Dilema

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wb2xTSikPdg

one size fit none

http://time.com/how-to-fix-vanity-sizing/

Altruism

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolutionary_game_theory#Routes_to_altruism

Envy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Envy-freeness

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inequity_aversion

http://www.gametheory.net/dictionary/games/AssuranceGame.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_sexes_(game_theory)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symmetric_game

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Videotape_format_war

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QWERTY

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dvorak_Simplified_Keyboard

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coordination_game

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Focal_point_(game_theory)

Mission Impossible: In Search of Strangers in New York City

http://abcnews.go.com/Primetime/story?id=1730849

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uESGjRQNEYk

doping

Hotelling Location Game

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Location_model

CBS 60 minutes

born good? babies help unlock the origins of morality 13m32s 2012/11/1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRvVFW85IcU

The Princess Bride - The Battle of Wits (1987)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMz7JBRbmNo