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1、Syllabusby(course_default)—lastmodified10-14-200804:00PMDocumentActions·oooooThiscourseisanintroductiontogametheoryandstrategicthinking.Ideassuchasdominance,backwardinduction,Nashequilibrium,evolutionarystability,commitment,credibility,asymmetricinfo
2、rmation,adverseselection,andsignalingarediscussedandappliedtogamesplayedinclassandtoexamplesdrawnfromeconomics,politics,themovies,andelsewhere.ECON159:GameTheory(Fall,2007)SyllabusProfessor:BenPolak,ProfessorofEconomicsandManagement,YaleUniversityDes
3、cription:Thiscourseisanintroductiontogametheoryandstrategicthinking.Ideassuchasdominance,backwardinduction,Nashequilibrium,evolutionarystability,commitment,credibility,asymmetricinformation,adverseselection,andsignalingarediscussedandappliedtogamespl
4、ayedinclassandtoexamplesdrawnfromeconomics,politics,themovies,andelsewhere.Texts:A.DixitandB.Nalebuff.ThinkingStrategically,Norton1991J.Watson.Strategy:AnIntroductiontoGameTheory,Norton2002P.K.Dutta.StrategiesandGames:TheoryAndPractice,MIT1999Require
5、ments:Whoshouldtakethiscourse?Thiscourseisanintroductiontogametheory.Introductorymicroeconomics(115orequivalent)isrequired.Intermediatemicro(150/2)isnotrequired,butitisrecommended.Wewillusecalculus(mostlyonevariable)inthiscourse.Wewillalsorefertoidea
6、slikeprobabilityandexpectation.Somemayprefertotakethecoursenextacademicyearoncetheyhavemorebackground.StudentswhohavealreadytakenEcon156bshouldnotenrollinthisclass.CourseAimsandMethods.Gametheoryisawayofthinkingaboutstrategicsituations.Oneaimofthecou
7、rseistoteachyousomestrategicconsiderationstotakeintoaccountmakingyourchoices.Asecondaimistopredicthowotherpeopleororganizationsbehavewhentheyareinstrategicsettings.Wewillseethattheseaimsarecloselyrelated.Wewilllearnnewconcepts,methodsandterminology.A
8、thirdaimistoapplythesetoolstosettingsfromeconomicsandfromelsewhere.Thecoursewillemphasizeexamples.Wewillalsoplayseveralgamesinclass.OutlineandReading.MostofthereadingforthiscoursecomesfromthefirsttenchaptersofDuttaorfromthefirsttwopartsofWatson.There
