This course has recitation sections that meet for one hour each week, which are not shown within the table below.
Calendar schedule.
| 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 |
|