Syllabus
COURSE : Game Theory
SESSION : 2008-2009
SEMESTER : Spring
INSTRUCTOR : Assistant Prof. Neslihan AydoÄŸan-Duda
REQUIRED TEXT BOOK : Class Notes
RECOMMENDED TEXT BOOK :
Thinking Strategically by Avinash Dixit and
Barry J. Nalebuff, New York: W.W. Norton & Co. 1991.
GRADING :
Mid Term Exam 40%, Assignments
and Class Performance10% Final Exam 50%
COURSE OUTLINE Week
Thinking Stretegically 1
Sequential Move Games 2
Bargaining Games 3
Simultaneous Move Games 4
Multiple Equilibria and 5
Coordination Probability, Expected Payoff 6
And Expected Utility
Midterm Exam 7
Mixed Strategies and Nash 8
Equilibrium
Complete Ä°nformation Games 9
Repeated Games 10
Incomplete Information Games 11
Signalling Games 9-10
Strategic Behavior, 11-12
Elections and Markets
Review 13
Final Exam Examination Week