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ECON 159 - Game Theory

ECON 159 - Game Theory

24 Videos · Oct 30, 2007

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This course is an introduction to game theory and strategic thinking. Ideas such as dominance, backward induction, Nash equilibrium, evolutionary stability, commitment, credibility, asymmetric information, adverse selection, and signaling are discussed and applied to games played in class and to examples drawn from economics, politics, the movies, and elsewhere.

Course Homepage: [[http://oyc.yale.edu/economics/game-theory]]

Course features at Open Yale courses page: *Game Theory *Syllabus *Class Sessions *Downloads *Survey

Exams: *Midterm Exam *Solutions to Midterm Exam *Final Exam (from 2007) *Final Exam Solutions *Concepts since Midterm *List of Games

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Lecture 9 - Mixed strategies in theory and tennis

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Lecture 19 - Subgame perfect equilibrium: matchmaking and strategic investments

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Lecture 14 - Backward induction: commitment, spies, and first-mover advantages

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Lecture 5 - Nash equilibrium: bad fashion and bank runs

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Lecture 18 - Imperfect information: information sets and sub-game perfection

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Lecture 12 - Evolutionary stability: social convention, aggression, and cycles

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Lecture 23 - Asymmetric information: silence, signaling and suffering education

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Lecture 21 - Repeated games: cooperation vs. the end game

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Lecture 24 - Asymmetric information: auctions and the winner's curse

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Lecture 6 - Nash equilibrium: dating and Cournot

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Lecture 13 - Sequential games: moral hazard, incentives, and hungry lions

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Lecture 4 - Best responses in soccer and business partnerships

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Lecture 7 - Nash equilibrium: shopping, standing and voting on a line

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Lecture 10 - Mixed strategies in baseball, dating and paying your taxes

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Lecture 8 - Nash equilibrium: location, segregation and randomization

Benjamin Polak

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Lecture 15 - Backward induction: chess, strategies, and credible threats

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Lecture 17 - Backward induction: ultimatums and bargaining

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Lecture 20 - Subgame perfect equilibrium: wars of attrition

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Lecture 3 - Iterative deletion and the median-voter theorem

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Lecture 2 - Putting yourselves into other people's shoes

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Lecture 11 - Evolutionary stability: cooperation, mutation, and equilibrium

Benjamin Polak

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Lecture 22 - Repeated games: cheating, punishment, and outsourcing

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Lecture 1 - Introduction to Game Theory: five first lessons

Benjamin Polak

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Lecture 16 - Backward induction: reputation and duels

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