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SyllabusSyllabus by (course_default) — last modified 10-14-2008 04:00 PM Document ActionsDocument Actions This course is an introduction to game theory and strategic thinking. Ideas such as dominance, backward induction, Nash equilibrium, evolutionary stability, commitment, credibility, asymmetric ination, adverse selection, and signaling are discussed and applied to games played in class and to examples drawn from economics, politics, the movies, and elsewhere. ECON 159: Game Theory (Fall, 2007)ECON 159: Game Theory (Fall, 2007) SyllabusSyllabus Professor:Professor: Ben Polak, Professor of Economics and Management, Yale University Description:Description: This course is an introduction to game theory and strategic thinking. Ideas such as dominance, backward induction, Nash equilibrium, evolutionary stability, commitment, credibility, asymmetric ination, adverse selection, and signaling are discussed and applied to games played in class and to examples drawn from economics, politics, the movies, and elsewhere. Texts:Texts: A. Dixit and B. Nalebuff.Thinking Strategically, Norton 1991 J. Watson.Strategy: An Introduction to Game Theory, Norton 2002 P.K. Dutta.Strategies and Games: Theory And Practice, MIT 1999 Requirements:Requirements: Who should take this course? This course is an introduction to game theory. Introductory microeconomics (115 or equivalent) is required. Intermediate micro (150/2) is not required, but itis recommended. We willuse calculus (mostlyone variable) in this course. We will also refer to ideas like probability and expectation. Some may prefer to take the course next academic year once they have more background. Students who have already taken Econ 156b should not enroll in this class. Course Aims and s. Game theory is a way of thinking about strategic situations. One aim of the course is to teach you some strategic considerations to take into account making your choices.A second aim isto predict howother people or organizations behave when they are in strategic settings. We will see that these aims are closely related. We will learn new concepts, s and terminology. A third aim is to apply these tools to settings from economics and from elsewhere. The course will emphasize examples. We will also play several games in class. Outline and Reading. Most of the reading for this course comes from the first ten chapters of Dutta or from the first two parts of Watson. There will be a reading packet for weeks 6-7. The readings are not compulsory, but they will help back up the class material. Grading: Problem sets: 30% Midterm examination: 30% Final examination: 40% Transcript 1 - Introduction: fiveTranscript 1 - Introduction: five first lessonsfirst lessons by mvd4 — last modified 09-15-2011 09:34 AM Document ActionsDocument Actions We introduce Game Theory by playing a game. We organize the game into players, their strategies, and their goals or payoffs; and we learn that we should decide what our goals are befo