1. A First Look
A First Homework
Cigarette Advertising
2. Strategic Form Games
3. Dominance Solvability
Bertrand Duopoly
4. Nash
Equilibrium
Multiple
Equilibria by Roger McCain
Min-max
Felix and Oscar: An
Example of a Player's Best Response
The Pizza Wars: An
Example
The Cola Wars: An
example of a coordination problem
Homework: IEDS - Nash - - Oil Wells
5. Tragedy of the Commons
6. Mixed
Strategies
Reason 1
Reason
2
Reason
3
Solving
Mixed Strategy Games
Rock - Paper-Scissors
Len Guienie and
Al Dente go after the spaghetti market
Frank
and Kathy Lee go out
7. Mixed Strategy Applications
Monopoly
Bankruptcy
Mixed Strategy Homework: A Day at the Beach
Publishing:
Lex E. Kahn v. Thea Soraus
Market Niches
Classic Strategic Form Games
8. Extensive
Form Games
Information
and Extensive Form Games
Backward Induction
Commitment:
The Proposal
Kidnapped
Netsoft versus
Macroscape
Kuhn's Theorem on
Solvability
Iterative
Elimination and Backward Induction
Poison
Pills
An Application: R&D
Extensive Form Game Homework: Bush
versus Gore
The Duel: Hamilton versus
Burr
Career
Decisions
Normal Form and Extensive
Form
Credibility
and Subgames
9. Sub-game
Perfect Equilibrium
Buck's Bolts:
An Example
George and
Gina: An Example
Treasury
Bill Auctions: A Dynamic Game with Imperfect Information
Subgame perfect equilibrium homework: Market
Entry
10. Bilateral Trade: A Static Game in Strategic Form with Complete Information
11. Involuntary Unemployment: A Dynamic Game with Uncertainty
12. Time Consistent Monetary Policy: Making Credible Commitments
13. Static Games with Incomplete
Information Part 1
and
Part 2
Homework: Trade
Relations
Rob R. Baron
and Bea Ware
14. Auctions
Glossary
1st Pay
2nd Pay
All Pay
Selling
State Liquor Stores
Homework: Equivalence
of Auctions
All-pay Auction
Other reading: Mester
Lucking-Reiley
15. Dynamic Games with Incomplete Information
Homework: The
Value of Pedigree: Angie O'Plastie and Amanda Reckonwith
Good Cars
and Bad Cars
16. The Market for Lemons