In this lecture we looked at variants of the basic games, from the Prisoner’s Dilemma, to Matching Pennies, to the Battle of the Sexes. We also briefly looked at Subgame Perfect Equilibria, and we’ll finish that off next week before getting right into the macroeconomic side of the course.
Click below for a recording of the lecture, the slides are here.
In this lecture we introduce game theory, following recap over the risk and insurance parts of the module we looked at last week. Game theory is the study of strategic interaction. In this lecture we looked at the history of game theory and the components of any game: players, strategies, and payoffs. We also discussed the first equilibrium concept we are going to see: the Nash equilibrium.
Let us look at a few games in normal and Iterated forms, and talk about solution methods for these games when talking about the Prisoner’s dilemma. Click below for lecture notes, links, and a podcast of the lecture.
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Last time we looked at the history of game theory and the components of any game: players, strategies, and payoffs. We also discussed the first equilibrium concept we are going to see: the Nash equilibrium.
Last time we looked at uncertainty, risk, and probability. We’ll recap those, and move onto Game Theory.
Click below for lecture notes, slides, and links to readings. A podcast of the lecture will be available after the lecture, as will a survey of the lecture. Don’t forget you can print these notes by clicking the [print_link] icons on the pages.
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