Applied Game Theory-E2
| Numbering Code | U-LAS06 10020 LE43 | Year/Term | 2022 ・ Second semester | |
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| Number of Credits | 2 | Course Type | Lecture | |
| Target Year | Mainly 1st year students | Target Student | For all majors | |
| Language | English | Day/Period | Wed.3 | |
| Instructor name | ZHOU YU (Graduate School of Economics Program-Specific Senior Lecturer) | |||
| Outline and Purpose of the Course | This course is to help students understand basic solution concepts, acquire the basic analytical tools in the applied game theory, and understand stylized applications of applied game theory. It may also get across with some knowledge of mechanism design and market design. This course covers a number of important applications in both game theory and market design such as signaling game, cheaper talk game, repeated game, marriage market matching, and auction. | |||
| Course Goals |
・Understand the key concepts and models in the applied game theory ・Mastering the ability to use game theoretical models to analyze practical issues |
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| Schedule and Contents |
The lectures will be organized as follows. 1. Introduction to game theory I: strategic reasoning 2. Introduction to game theory II: building a strategic model 3. Nash equilibrium in the discrete game 4. Nash equilibrium in the continuous game 5. Sequential game with perfect information I: Theory 6. Sequential game with perfect information II: Application 7. Sequential game with imperfect information I: Theory 8. Sequential game with imperfect information II: Application 9. Game with private information 10. Signaling game 11. Repeat game 12. Nash bargaining and Rubinstein bargaining 13. Marriage and college admission 14. Auction in practice Total: 14 classes and 1 feedback |
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| Evaluation Methods and Policy |
Class participation (20%) Homework (30%) Final examination (50%) |
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| Course Requirements | Basic calculus | |||
| Study outside of Class (preparation and review) | Students will be assigned three problem sets as the homework | |||
| Textbooks | Textbooks/References | Games, strategies and decision making (Second Edition), Harrington, Joseph, (Worth Publishers, 2014), ISBN-10:1429239964 | ||
| References, etc. | Game theory: A Multi-leveled approach, Peters, Hans, (Springer, 2015), ISBN:978-3-662-51877-9 | |||
