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Game theory for social scientists (second term 2016/17)
Course aims and objectives
The course aims at giving a basic knowledge of the game theoretic reasoning, models, and applications that are nowadays a standard analytical tool in contemporary social sciences.
Course prerequisites
The course in Mathematics held at NASP
Lectures
Eleven sessions will take place
Texts
Joel Watson (2008). Strategy. An introduction to game theory (Second Edition), W. W. Norton & Company
Avinash K. Dixit, David H. Reiley Jr., Susan Skeath (2009). Games of Strategy (Third Edition), W. W. Norton & Company
For those students that are "devoted" to game theory:
Martin J. Osborn (2003). An Introduction to Game Theory, Oxford University Press
Examination
Course grades will be based on a written exam. The exam will be held on Monday, February 13 2016: 8:30-10:30 am
The course aims at giving a basic knowledge of the game theoretic reasoning, models, and applications that are nowadays a standard analytical tool in contemporary social sciences.
Course prerequisites
The course in Mathematics held at NASP
Lectures
Eleven sessions will take place
Texts
Joel Watson (2008). Strategy. An introduction to game theory (Second Edition), W. W. Norton & Company
Avinash K. Dixit, David H. Reiley Jr., Susan Skeath (2009). Games of Strategy (Third Edition), W. W. Norton & Company
For those students that are "devoted" to game theory:
Martin J. Osborn (2003). An Introduction to Game Theory, Oxford University Press
Examination
Course grades will be based on a written exam. The exam will be held on Monday, February 13 2016: 8:30-10:30 am
First theme: The theory of individual choice (suggested movie: Ecce Bombo)
Second theme: Static games in normal form and dominated strategies
Third theme: Nash equilibrium (suggested movie: A beautiful mind)
Fourth theme: Nash equilibrium and mixed strategies
(suggested movies: 1) coordination game: Totò, Peppino e la Malafemmina; 2) chicken game: Footloose)
(playing games with R: the hop package)
Fifth theme: Dynamic games in extensive form
(suggested movie: Sliding Doors, Sherlock Holmes: A game of shadows)
Sixth theme: Dynamic games of imperfect information
Seventh theme part 1: Games of incomplete information: static games
Seventh theme part 2: Games of incomplete information: dynamic games
(suggested movie: The Princess Bride; suggested song: The Empty City Stratagem; suggested reading: To bluff, or not to bluff?)
Eight theme (if we have time...): Repeated games (Repeated games in action: Irrigation systems in Nepal)
Conclusion: A philosophical ending
Second theme: Static games in normal form and dominated strategies
Third theme: Nash equilibrium (suggested movie: A beautiful mind)
Fourth theme: Nash equilibrium and mixed strategies
(suggested movies: 1) coordination game: Totò, Peppino e la Malafemmina; 2) chicken game: Footloose)
(playing games with R: the hop package)
Fifth theme: Dynamic games in extensive form
(suggested movie: Sliding Doors, Sherlock Holmes: A game of shadows)
Sixth theme: Dynamic games of imperfect information
Seventh theme part 1: Games of incomplete information: static games
Seventh theme part 2: Games of incomplete information: dynamic games
(suggested movie: The Princess Bride; suggested song: The Empty City Stratagem; suggested reading: To bluff, or not to bluff?)
Eight theme (if we have time...): Repeated games (Repeated games in action: Irrigation systems in Nepal)
Conclusion: A philosophical ending