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Course Info for ECON - 327 - 01, Spring 2024
Class number: 2942 Title: Game Theory Department: Economics
Career: Undergraduate Component: Lecture Session: Regular
Instructor's Permission Required: No Grading Basis: Regular Units: 1.00
Enrollment limited to 25 Current enrollment: 25 Available seats: 0
Start date: Monday, January 22, 2024 End date: Friday, May 10, 2024 Mode of Instruction: In Person
Schedule: TR: 2:55PM-4:10PM, SH - N129 Instructor(s): Schneider, Arthur
Prerequisite(s): Prerequisite: C+ or better in Economics 301.
Distribution Requirement: Meets Social Sciences Requirement
Course Description:
This course will introduce students to the fundamentals of Game Theory. The main topics include: cooperative and noncooperative games; Nash equilibrium and alternatives to Nash equilibrium; prisoner's dilemma; sequential games with perfect and imperfect information; evolutionary and experimental game theory; Bayesian games; and bargaining games. We will also explore the role of social preferences in explaining behavior.