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LECTURES
Mon 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Siegle L06
Wed 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Siegle L06
DISCUSSION
Fri 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Siegle L06
SCHEDULE
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Week |
Date |
Lecture |
Assignment Due |
reading in Gibbons |
Other Material |
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| 1 | Wed Aug 27 | Demand Theory | ||||
| 2 | Mon Sept 1 | No Class Labor Day | ||||
| Wed Sept 3 | Monopoly | Spreadsheet elasticity 1, 2 |
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| Fri Sept 5 Section | Math
Review: partial derivatives |
review problems, msword, answers | ||||
| 3 | Mon Sept 8 | Duopoly and the Prisoner's Dilemma | 1.1 Basic Theory | |||
| Wed Sept 10 | Dominance and the Second Price Auction | |||||
| Fri Sept 12 Section | Second Price Auctions | |||||
| 4 | Mon Sept 15 | Iterated Dominance and the Cournot Model | Spreadsheet, More About Cournot | |||
| Wed Sept 17 | Nash Equilibrium and Coordination Games | |||||
| Section |
Review Problem Set #1 | PS#1, msword, answers | ||||
| 5 | Mon Sept 22 | Cournot, Bertrand | 1.2 Applications | |||
| Wed Sept 24 | FIRST MIDTERM | answers | ||||
| Fri Sept 26 Section | NO MEETING | |||||
| 6 | Mon Sept 29 | Subgame Perfect Equilibrium | 2.1A Theory: Backwards Induction | |||
| Wed Oct 1 | Information Sets and the Normal Form | 2.4 Dynamic Games of Complete but Imperfect Information | ||||
| Fri Oct 3 Section | Review First Midterm Answers | |||||
| 7 | Mon Oct 6 | Stackelberg Equilibrium and Precommitment | 2.1B Stackelberg Model of Duopoly | Dr. Strangelove | ||
| Wed Oct 8 | Discounting | 2.3B Theory: Infinitely Repeated Games | discounting a, b | |||
| Section | Review Problem Set #2 | PS#2, msword, answers | ||||
| 8 | Mon Oct 13 | Repeated Prisoner's Dilemma | 2.3A Theory: Two-Stage Repeated Games | Repeated Games Step By Step | ||
| Wed Oct 15 | The Folk Theorem, Dal Bo's Experiment | 2.3B Theory: Infinitely Repeated Games | ||||
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| 9 | Mon Oct 20 | Long Run versus Short Run | ||||
| Wed Oct 22 | Probability Theory, Conditional Probability and Bayes Law | |||||
| Section | Review Problem Set #3 | PS#3, msword, answers | ||||
| 10 | Mon Oct 27 | Expected Utility Theory | Spreadsheet | |||
| Wed Oct 29 | Mixed Strategy Equilibrium | 1.3A Mixed Strategies | Spreadsheet | |||
| Section | Review for Second Midterm |
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| 11 | Mon Nov 3 | SECOND MIDTERM | ||||
| Wed Nov 5 | Applications: Pride and Attrition | |||||
| Wed Nov 7 Section | Review Problem Set #4 |
PS#4, msword, answers | ||||
| 12 | Mon Nov 10 | Dynamic Programming | 3.1A An Example: Cournot Competition under Asymmetric Information | |||
| Wed Nov 12 | Types and Incomplete Information Cournot Competition | 3.3 The Revelation Principle | ||||
| Fri Nov 14 Section | Review Second Midterm Answers | |||||
| 13 | Mon Nov 17 | The Revelation Principle I | ||||
| Wed Nov 19 | Revelation Principle II | |
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| Fri Nov 21 Section | Review Problem Set #5 | ps#5, msword, ps#5 answers | ||||
| 14 | Mon Nov 24 | Competitive Equilibrium I | ||||
| Wed Nov 26 | No Class Thanksgiving | |||||
| 15 | Mon Dec 1 | Competitive Equilibrium II | ||||
| Wed Dec 3 | Competitive Equilibrium III | |||||
| Fri Dec 5 Section | Review Problem Set #6 | ps#6 answers | ||||
| 16 | Mon Dec 8 | Course Review | ||||
| 11 | Tue Dec 16 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM Siegle L006 | FINAL EXAM | final answers, final scores |