ECON 160 Game Theory and Economic Applications

Introduction to game theory and its applications to economics. Topics: strategic and extensive form games,dominant strategies, Nash equilibrium, subgame-perfect equilibrium, Bayesian equilibrium, and behavioral game theory. The theory is applied to repeated games, voting, auctions, and bargaining with examples from economics and political science. Prerequisites: Working knowledge of calculus and basic probability theory.

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