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Econ 223: Introductory Game Theory

Econ 223: Introductory Game Theory (2007, University of Canterbury). Instructor: Dr. John Fountain. Game theory is the science that studies strategic interaction. Strategic interaction is all about the interplay of competition and cooperation between rational, intelligent agents. Everyone acts strategically, whether the "game" involves high flying international business and politics or down home, nitty-gritty "games" in families, flatting arrangements, schools, sporting contests, the workplace, or in an ecological niche. But few learn the principles of good strategic interaction. This course is designed to help you do just that.

Lecture 02 - Introduction to game theory: definitions, more games, some examples

Lecture 03 - Introduction to sequential games 1

Lecture 04 - Introduction to sequential games 1 (cont.)

Lecture 05 - Interpreting payoffs; changing order of moves in 2x2 game

Lecture 06 - Bargaining, ultimatums, lock-in and hold-up

Lecture 07 - Intro to simultaneous games and an analysis of 2x2 Prisoner's Dilemma

Lecture 08 - Further explorations in using dominance style reasoning in simultaneous games

Lecture 09 - Best response or dominance? 2x2 condition games

Lecture 10 - Minimum effort condition game & 3 person prisoners dilemma

Lecture 11 - Working with sequential & simultaneous strategies

Lecture 12 - Sequential & simultaneous games once again + simple card game with uncertainty

Lecture 13 - Games of imperfect information: payoffs, probabilities, expectations

Lecture 15 - Beliefs, inverse probability and inference in a game tree

Lecture 16 - Reasoning under uncertainty in games

Lecture 17 - Mixed strategies, the basics

Lecture 18 - Mixed strategies, games with private information

Lecture 19 - A venture capitalist's inference problem

Lecture 20 - Adverse selection & educational screening

Lecture 21 - Repeated games

Lecture 23 - Evolutionary Game Theory by Ted Berg

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University of Canterbury - Econ 223 - Introductory Game Theory (2009). Instructor: Dr. John Fountain. Game theory is the science that studies strategic interaction.