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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. |