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Game theory for social scientists (second term 2020/21)
IMPORTANT INFO
This course will be conducted online using Zoom. If you have any problem to access via Zoom, please contact me a few days before the course starts
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
Ten 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 Friday, Decembre 21 2018: 9:00-10:30 am
This course will be conducted online using Zoom. If you have any problem to access via Zoom, please contact me a few days before the course starts
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
Ten 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 Friday, Decembre 21 2018: 9:00-10:30 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: Normal-form games and mixed strategies
(suggested movies: 1) coordination game: Totò, Peppino e la Malafemmina; 2) chicken game: Footloose; 3) Happy Days)
(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: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone)
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: Normal-form games and mixed strategies
(suggested movies: 1) coordination game: Totò, Peppino e la Malafemmina; 2) chicken game: Footloose; 3) Happy Days)
(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: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone)
Eight theme (if we have time...): Repeated games (Repeated games in action: Irrigation systems in Nepal)
Conclusion: A philosophical ending