Economics 349 - Adv Topics: Game Theory

Spring
2014
01
4.00
Steven Schmeiser
MW 11:00AM-12:15PM
Mount Holyoke College
86859
Clapp Laboratory 218
sschmeis@mtholyoke.edu
'The course will illustrate and analyze the strategies used in making interrelated decisions. We will develop game theoretical tools and apply them to examples from economics, business, politics, and even sports. Topics include the prisoner's dilemma, signaling, coordination, voting, and competition. We analyze games in static and dynamic environments with perfect and imperfect information.'
Prereq: Economics 211 and 212
Permission is required for interchange registration during the add/drop period only.