Economics 431 Lecture Notes
- Lecture 3 (M 1/22)
- Dominated Strategies; Iterated Elimination of Dominated Strategies; Dominant Strategy Solutions
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- Lecture 4 (W 1/24)
- Players' Beliefs about Other Players' Actions; Best Response; Nash Equilibrium
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- Lecture 5 (M 1/29)
- Auctions: History, Contemporary Auctions,
Six Auctions Conducted in Class
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- Lecture 6 (W 1/31)
- Using Game Theory to Analyze Auctions: The Second-Price Auction
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- Lecture 7 (M 2/5)
- First-Price Sealed Bid Auctions; Multiple Nash Equilibria
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- Lecture 8 (W 2/7)
- Using Game Theory to Analyze an Oligopolistic Market: The Cournot
Model
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- Lecture 9 (M 2/12)
- Is Nash Equilibrium a Good Prediction?
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- Lecture 10 (W 2/14)
- Common Resources
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- Lecture 11 (M 2/19)
- Dutta's "Commons" Example
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- Lecture 12 (W 2/21)
- First Midterm Exam
- Lecture 13 (M 2/23)
- Winner-Take-All Matches in the Lab
- Lecture 14 (W 2/28)
- First Lecture on Mixed Strategies
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- Lecture 15 (M 3/5)
- Second Lecture on Mixed Strategies
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- Lecture 16 (W 3/7)
- Third Lecture on Mixed Strategies
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- Lecture 18 (W 3/21)
- More on Mixed Strategies
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- Lecture 19 (M 3/26)
- First Lecture on Decision Theory
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- Lecture 20 (W 3/28)
- Second Lecture on Decision Theory
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- Lecture 21 (M 4/2)
- Third Lecture on Decision Theory
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- Lecture 23 (M 4/9)
- Decision-Making Under Uncertainty: Utility Theory
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- Lecture 24 (W 4/11)
- Extensive Form Games: An Example (The Game of Nim)
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- Lecture 25 (M 4/16)
- A Simple Poker Game
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- Lecture 26 (W 4/18)
- Second Midterm Exam
- Lecture 27 (M 4/23)
- Games of Perfect Information. The Effect of Commitment.
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- Lecture 28 (W 4/25)
- Moral Hazard and Principal-and-Agent Situations
- Lecture 29 (M 4/30)
- Course Evaluations and Interactive Focus Group
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