Readings | Game Theory and Political Theory | Political Science

Required Texts

Gibbons, Robert. Game Theory for Applied Economists. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1992. ISBN: 9780691003955.

Morrow, James D. Game Theory for Political Scientists. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1994. ISBN: 9780691034300.

Course readings
LEC #	TOPICS	READINGS
I. Games of Complete Information
1	Normal Form Games I	Gibbons. Chapter 1. Morrow. Chapter 4.
2	Normal Form Games II	Gibbons. Chapter 1. Morrow. Chapter 4.
3	Normal Form Games III	Gibbons. Chapter 1. Morrow. Chapter 4.
4	Normal Form Games IV	Handouts (Tullock, Ordeshook)
5	Extensive Form Games I	Gibbons. Chapter 2. Morrow. Chapter 5.
6	Extensive Form Games II	Gibbons. Chapter 2. Morrow. Chapter 5.
7	Extensive Form Games III	Morrow. Chapter 5.
8	Repeated Games	Gibbons. Chapter 2. Morrow. Chapter 9. Handout (Cramer)
II. Games of Incomplete Information
9	Normal Form Games	Gibbons. Chapter 3. Morrow. Chapter 6.
10	Extensive Form Games I	Gibbons. Chapter 4. Morrow. Chapter 6.
11	Extensive Form Games II	Gibbons. Chapter 4. Morrow. Chapter 8.
12	Extensive Form Games III	Gibbons. Chapter 4. Morrow. Chapter 9.