ECON 159: Game Theory
ECON 159: Game Theory (Fall 2007, Open Yale Courses). Taught by Professor Ben Polak, this course provides an introduction to game theory and
strategic thinking. Ideas such as dominance, backward induction, Nash equilibrium, evolutionary stability, commitment, credibility, asymmetric information,
adverse selection, and signaling are discussed and applied to games played in class and to examples drawn from economics, politics, the movies, and elsewhere.
(from oyc.yale.edu)
| Lecture 01 - Introduction: Five First Lessons |
| Lecture 02 - Putting Yourselves into Other People's Shoes |
| Lecture 03 - Iterative Deletion and the Median-Voter Theorem |
| Lecture 04 - Best Responses in Soccer and Business Partnerships |
| Lecture 05 - Nash Equilibrium: Bad Fashion and Bank Runs |
| Lecture 06 - Nash Equilibrium: Dating and Cournot |
| Lecture 07 - Nash Equilibrium: Shopping, Standing and Voting on a Line |
| Lecture 08 - Nash Equilibrium: Location, Segregation and Randomization |
| Lecture 09 - Mixed Strategies in Theory and Tennis |
| Lecture 10 - Mixed Strategies in Baseball, Dating and Paying Your Taxes |
| Lecture 11 - Evolutionary Stability: Cooperation, Mutation, and Equilibrium |
| Lecture 12 - Evolutionary Stability: Social Convention, Aggression, and Cycles |
| Lecture 13 - Sequential Games: Moral Hazard, Incentives, and Hungry Lions |
| Lecture 14 - Backward Induction: Commitment, Spies, and First-Mover Advantages |
| Lecture 15 - Backward Induction: Chess, Strategies, and Credible Threats |
| Lecture 16 - Backward Induction: Reputation and Duels |
| Lecture 17 - Backward Induction: Ultimatums and Bargaining |
| Lecture 18 - Imperfect Information: Information Sets and Sub-Game Perfection |
| Lecture 19 - Subgame Perfect Equilibrium: Matchmaking and Strategic Investments |
| Lecture 20 - Subgame Perfect Equilibrium: Wars of Attrition |
| Lecture 21 - Repeated Games: Cooperation vs. the End Game |
| Lecture 22 - Repeated Games: Cheating, Punishment, and Outsourcing |
| Lecture 23 - Asymmetric Information: Silence, Signaling and Suffering Education |
| Lecture 24 - Asymmetric Information: Auctions and the Winner's Course |
| References |
ECON 159: Game Theory
Professor Ben Polak. Class Sessions. Downloads. Syllabus. This course is an introduction to game theory and strategic thinking.
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