``G751: Game Theory'' Spring 2014 (March 2, 2014)

Your grade will be based on homeworks (30%), Test 1 (30%), and Test 2 (40%). I will just look through and check off the homeworks rather than giving them detailed grades, but it is important that you do them. Test 1 is on February 13, and Test 2 is on March 13.

I've posted questions from old tests at Questions 1 and Questions 2. You can also find answers to the two tests from this semester in that directory.

The pdf slides I used for this class from a previous year are in the directory http://www.rasmusen.org/g751/slides-g751 but I expect I'll use the board instead this time.

Topics

A. Game Structure and Equilibrium: definitions, dominated and dominant strategies, iterated dominance, Nash equilibrium, focal points. (Chapter 1).

B. Information: strategic and extensive forms, information sets, imperfect information, incomplete information, Bayesian games, application to litigation. (Chapter 2)

C. Mixed and Continuous Strategies: mixed strategies, games of timing, randomizing, continuous strategies, strategic substitutes and complements, equilibrium existence. Applications to auditing and pricing strategies. (Chapter 3)

D. Dynamic Games: subgame perfection, credibility, renegotiation. Applications to entry deterrence and extortion. (Chapter 4)

E. Reputation and Repeated Games: finitely repeated games, indefinitely repeated games, reputation. Applications to bargaining, branding, quality assurance, incentives. (Chapter 5)

E. Dynamic Games with Incomplete Information: Entry deterrence, equilibrium refinements, common knowledge, credit risk (Chapter 6).

F. Fundamentals: history of thought (readings here), theory of the firm(readings here) practical research skills (LaTeX, HTML, R) (readings here) and data presentation (readings here).

URL: http://www.rasmusen.org/g751/0.g751.htm. Indiana University, Department of Business Economics and Public Policy, in the Kelley School of Business , BU 438, 1309 East Tenth Street, Bloomington, Indiana 47405-1701, (812)855-9219. Comments: Erasmuse@ Indiana.edu.
Learning Goals. The Kelley Dean's office has requested faculty to put on their syllabi linkage to ``Learning Goals'', in the style of Schools of Education. This course helps with Learning Goal 1, Comprehensive and Intensive Disciplinary Knowledge, because it teaches game theory results. It will help with Learning Goal 2, Comprehensive and Intensive Disciplinary Knowledge of Research Methods, because it teaches game theory methods. It will help with Learning Goal 3, Communication of Disciplinary Research, because students will learn how to set up models in Player-Actions-Payoffs-Information format.

Learning Outcomes. What students will learn in this course is to read scholarly work using the techniques of game theory and how to apply those techniques in their own work. This will involve learning the use of specific concepts such as subgame perfectness, extensive forms, backwards induction, the computation of mixed strategies, and the theory of repeated games.

Standard Kelley Notice: Portions of this course may be subject to electronic proctoring. Video cameras may be used to monitor the room during student assessment activities, including but not limited to, exams, tests, and quizzes. Video recordings may be used to investigate or support disciplinary action. All access to and use of video equipment and recordings will follow applicable IU policies.