Programme Content
Games Theory : Introduction, overview, uses of game theory, some applications and examples, and formal definitions of: the normal form, payoffs, strategies, pure strategy Nash equilibrium, dominated strategies.
Simultaneous Move Games with Pure Strategies.
Iterative Deletion and the Median-Voter Theorem.
Best Responses in Soccer and Business Partnerships Nash Equilibrium: Dating and Cournot
Nash Equilibrium: Shopping, Standing and Voting on a Line
Mixed Strategies in Theory and Tennis
Sequential Games: Commitment, Spies, and FirstMover Advantages.
Backward Induction: Chess, Strategies, and Credible Threats
Auctions and the Winner Curse
Revenue maximization
