Link to the Israeli Economy Course I taught in UCSD during my sabbatical in 2022-3
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Brief syllabus (Link to detailed syllabus): This course introduces game theory and strategic thinking. Through an informal approach and a basic level of math, students will learn key concepts such as backward induction, dominance, Nash equilibrium, mixed strategies, commitment, and credibility. These concepts will be applied to games played in class and real-world examples from various fields including economics, finance, management, and politics. The goal of the course is to equip students with the ability to recognize strategic situations, analyze them, and understand how their actions may influence the decisions of others.
Main textbook: Avinash K. Dixit and Barry J. J. Nalebuff, The Art of Strategy: A Game Theorist's Guide to Success in Business and Life, By WW Norton & Company, 2008, Amazon link.
Recordings: Lecture 1 (first 10 minutes were not recorded by mistake), lecture 2, lecture 3, lecture 4, lecture 5, lecture 6.
Zoom meetings: 21.3, 28.3, 9.5 (10am)
On campus meetings (building 604, room 101): 4.4, 25.4, 2.5 (10am)
Permanent zoom link for the course: https://biu-ac-il.zoom.us/j/84266561665
Please join WhatsApp group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/DNEH1976rHCLCzReQPGtLj
Slides:
Mandatory weekly home assignments in https://lemida.biu.ac.il/
Presentation 1 (March. 21st, zoom) - Introduction: pdf, ppsx (with movies)
Presentation 2 (March 28th, zoom) - Sequential games with perfect information: pdf, ppsx (with movies)
Presentation 3 (April 4th, campus) - Prisoners' dilemmas: pdf, ppsx (with movies)
Presentation 4 (April 25th, campus) - Nash equilibrium: pdf
Presentation 5 (May 2nd, campus) - Mixed strategies: pdf, ppsx (with movies)
Presentation 6 (May 9th, zoom) - Credible strategies & exam preparation: pdf, ppsx (with movies)
Solution to mandatory home assignments (in lamda): assignment 1, assignment 2, assignment 3, assigments 4-5 have been solved in the presentations
Practice exam questions (presentations 1-5. Practice questions for presentation 6 in the slides): Link to questions, Link to detailed solutions.
Exam (Mo'ed A, 2024, presentations 1-5): Link to "scrambled" exam answers (correct answers are random), Link to code zero (correct answers are always "a."), link to a detailed solution
Exam (Mo'ed B, 2024, presentations 1-5): Link to "scrambled" exem, Link to code zero, link to detailed solution
Exam (MO'ed A, 2025): Link to srabmbled exam, link to code-zero exam, link to detailed solution