Politics 248GT - Topics in Politics: 'Game Theory for Politics'

This course explores game theory as a tool for analyzing politics and international relations. Game theory assumes that politics is the result of strategic interactions between rational actors, ranging from citizens, to leaders, to states and international organizations. Throughout the course, we will apply insights from game theory to analyze political phenomena such as voting, bargaining, crisis signaling, and nuclear conflict.

Prereq: Not open to first-years in their first semester.