Calendar
This course has recitation sections that meet for one hour each week, which are not shown within the table below.
| Lec # | Topics | key dates |
|---|---|---|
1-2 | Choice under Uncertainty | |
3-4 |
Introduction Definitions (Nash, Perfect, Sequential Equilibrium, Rationalizability, Correlated Equilibrium, Backward Induction, Forward Induction, Sequential Rationality, Self Confirming Equilibria) | Problem set 1 due on lecture 3 |
5-7 | Classical Topics: Repeated Games | |
8-9 | Classical Topics: Cheap Talk, Signaling, and Reputation | |
10 | Classical Topics: Bargaining Theory | |
11 | Review | Problem set 2 due one day after lecture 11 |
12 | Classical Topics: Supermodular Games | |
13-16 | Learning and Evolutionary Foundations | |
17-19 | Epistemic Foundations | |
20 | Review | |
21 | New Topics: Global Games | Problem set 3 due |
22 | New Topics: Heterogeneous Beliefs | |
23 | New Topics: Psychological Games | Problem set 4 due one day after lecture 23 |
24-25 | New Topics: Game Theory with Non-Expected Utility | |
26 | Final Exam |
