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LECTURES
Mon 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Seigel Hall L002
Wed 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Seigel Hall L002
DISCUSSION
Friday 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Seigel Hall L002
SCHEDULE
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Week |
Date |
Lecture |
Assignment Started/Due |
reading in Osborne |
Other Material |
| 1 | Wed Aug 31 (Levine) |
Monopoly |
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| Fri Sep 2 Section | NO MEETING | ||||
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Mon Sep 5 |
NO MEETING: LABOR DAY |
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| Wed Sep 7 (Dutta) |
Duopoly and the Prisoner's Dilemma | Chapters 2, 3 |
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| Fri Sep 9 Section | NO MEETING | ||||
| 3 | Mon Sep 12 (Levine) |
Dominance and the Second Price Auction | PS#1: Dominance |
Chapter 2, 3 | Second Price Auction |
| Wed Sep 14 (Levine) |
Iterated Dominance and the Cournot Model | Spreadsheet, More About Cournot | |||
| Fri Sep 16 Section (Coban) |
Review Problem Set #1 | answers to PS#1 |
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| 4 |
Mon Sep 19 (Levine) |
Nash Equilibrium and Coordination Games | PS#2: Nash Equilibrium |
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| Wed Sept 21 (Levine) |
Cournot, Bertrand | Chapter 2, 3 |
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| Fri Sept 23 Section (Coban) | Review Problem Set #2 | answers to PS#2 | |||
| 5 | Mon Sep 26 (Levine) |
Subgame Perfect Equilibrium | Chapter 5, 6, 7 |
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| Wed Sep 28 (Levine) |
Information Sets and the Normal Form | Chapter 5, 6, 7 |
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| Fri Sep 30 Section (Coban) |
Review for first midterm |
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| 6 | Mon Oct 3 (Dutta) |
Commitment 1 , Commitment 2 | Chapter 5, 6, 7 |
Dr. Strangelove | |
| Wed Oct 5 (Coban) |
FIRST MIDTERM | answers to midterm |
sample exam answer | ||
| Fri Oct 7 (Coban) |
Review first midterm answers |
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| 7 |
Mon Oct 10 (Dutta) |
Bargaining |
PS#3: Subgame Perfection |
Chapter 16 |
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| Wed Oct 12 (Dutta) |
Discounting | Chapter 14, 15 |
discounting a, b | ||
| Fri Oct 14 Section | NO MEETING: FALL BREAK |
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| 8 | Mon Oct 17 (Dutta) |
Repeated Prisoner's Dilemma | Chapter 14, 15 |
Repeated Games Step By Step | |
| Wed Oct 19 (Dutta) |
The Folk Theorem, Dal Bo's Experiment | Chapter 14, 15 |
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| Fri Oct 21 Section (Coban) | Review Problem Set #3 | answer to PS#3 | |||
| 9 | Mon Oct 24 (Dutta) |
Long Run versus Short Run | PS#4: Repeated Games |
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| Wed Oct 26 (Dutta) |
Probability Theory, Conditional Probability and Bayes Law | ||||
| Fri Oct 28 Section |
NO MEETING |
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| 10 | Mon Oct 31 (Coban) | Problem Set # 4 and Course Review | answers to PS#4 | | |
| Wed Nov 2 (Coban) | SECOND MIDTERM | answers to midterm | |||
| Fri Nov 4 Section (Coban) | Review Second Midterm answers | ||||
| 11 | Mon Nov 7 (Dutta) |
Expected Utility Theory | PS #5: Uncertainty |
Spreadsheet | |
| Wed Nov 9 (Dutta) |
Mixed Strategy Equilibrium | Chapter 4 | Spreadsheet | ||
| Fri Nov 11 Section | |
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| 12 | Mon Nov 14 (Dutta) |
Applications: Pride and Attrition | |||
| Wed Nov 16 (Dutta) | Dynamic Programming | ||||
| Fri Nov18 section (Coban) |
Review Problem Set #5 |
answers to PS#5 |
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| 13 | Mon Nov 21 (Dutta) |
Types and Incomplete Information Cournot Competition | Chapter 9 | ||
| Wed Nov 23 |
NO MEETING: THANKSGIVING |
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| Fri Nov 25 |
NO MEETING: THANKSGIVING |
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| 14 |
Mon Nov 28 (Levine) |
The Revelation Principle | PS#6: Bayesian Games |
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| Wed Nov 30 (Levine) |
Mechanism Design |
PS#7: Mechanism Design and General Equilibrium |
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| Fri Dec 2 Section (Coban) | Review Problem Set #6 | answers to PS#6 | |||
| 15 | Mon Dec 5 (Levine) | Pure Exchange Competitive Equilibrium | |||
| Wed Dec 7 (Levine) | The Competitive Mechanism | ||||
| Fri Dec 9 (Coban) |
Full course review | answers to PS#7 | |||
| Mon Dec 19 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM | FINAL EXAM | final answers, final scores |