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Game Theory

Ben Polak · Yale University

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About

This course is 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.

Lectures

  1. Introduction: Five First Lessons Lecture 1 · Audio
  2. Putting Yourselves into Other People's Shoes Lecture 2 · Audio
  3. Iterative Deletion and the Median-Voter Theorem Lecture 3 · Audio
  4. Best Responses in Soccer and Business Partnerships Lecture 4 · Audio
  5. Nash Equilibrium: Bad Fashion and Bank Runs Lecture 5 · Audio
  6. Nash Equilibrium: Dating and Cournot Lecture 6 · Audio
  7. Nash Equilibrium: Shopping, Standing and Voting on a Line Lecture 7 · Audio
  8. Nash Equilibrium: Location, Segregation and Randomization Lecture 8 · Audio
  9. Mixed Strategies in Theory and Tennis Lecture 9 · Audio
  10. Mixed Strategies in Baseball, Dating and Paying Your Taxes Lecture 10 · Audio
  11. Evolutionary Stability: Cooperation, Mutation, and Equilibrium Lecture 11 · Audio
  12. Evolutionary Stability: Social Convention, Aggression, and Cycles Lecture 12 · Audio
  13. Sequential Games: Moral Hazard, Incentives, and Hungry Lions Lecture 13 · Audio
  14. Backward Induction: Commitment, Spies, and First-Mover Advantages Lecture 14 · Audio
  15. Backward Induction: Chess, Strategies, and Credible Threats Lecture 15 · Audio
  16. Backward Induction: Reputation and Duels Lecture 16 · Audio
  17. Backward Induction: Ultimatums and Bargaining Lecture 17 · Audio
  18. Imperfect Information: Information Sets and Sub-Game Perfection Lecture 18 · Audio
  19. Subgame Perfect Equilibrium: Matchmaking and Strategic Investments Lecture 19 · Audio
  20. Subgame Perfect Equilibrium: Wars of Attrition Lecture 20 · Audio
  21. Repeated Games: Cooperation vs. the End Game Lecture 21 · Audio
  22. Repeated Games: Cheating, Punishment, and Outsourcing Lecture 22 · Audio
  23. Asymmetric Information: Silence, Signaling and Suffering Education Lecture 23 · Audio
  24. Asymmetric Information: Auctions and the Winner's Curse Lecture 24 · Audio

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Credits and licence

Institution
Yale University
Department
Economics
Teacher
Ben Polak
Term
Fall 2007
Level
Undergraduate
Language
English
Subjects
Economics
Source
Open Yale Courses
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US, as Open Yale Courses states it. Non-commercial use only. Open Yale Courses's terms
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