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ECON 4400: Games & Decisions

Summer 2023*, Summer 2022*

Games and Decisions is a course on game theory and its applications to problems in economics, business, political science, biology, and in every-day life. Game theory is a discipline that studies games -- mathematical constructs that describe strategic interactions between agents (such as individuals or firms) called players. Game theory represents a departure from the basic economic analysis in that it focuses on strategic behavior, i.e., on how players make decisions taking into account the behavior of others. Examples include situations involving conflict, cooperation, contracts, auctions, and voting. In this course, we will focus on the so-called noncooperative game theory, the central predictive concept of which is Nash Equilibrium and its refinements in static and dynamic games. Having taken the course, successful students will be able to represent various strategic situations in the form of games, solve the games, and interpret the results. 


Summer 2023 Evaluations (Link): Overall instructor rating 5/5

*Awarded the 2023 Thomas McCaleb Award for Upper Division Teaching Excellence

Summer 2022 Evaluations (Link): Overall instructor rating 4.75/5
*Awarded the 2022 Thomas McCaleb Award for Upper Division Teaching Excellence


ECON 3101: Intermediate Microeconomic Theory

Summer 2021

Intermediate Microeconomic Theory is designed to build your economic understanding and reasoning beyond what you were presented in Principles of Microeconomics. Formal economic models will be presented along with economic intuition underlying the mathematics. We will emphasize problem solving and application of microeconomic theory and methods to the challenges and problems faced by individuals, businesses, governments, and other economic agents. The tools and intuition developed in this course will improve the way you think about the world and different economic problems. 


Summer 2021 Evaluations (Link): Overall instructor rating 4.4/5


Teaching Assistant

Florida State University (Fall 2019-Spring 2020)

Northwestern University (Fall 2018-Spring 2019)