Yale Open Courses ECON 159: Game Theory
by William Sheppard
June 8, 2018 5:21 pm
About the Course 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 Structure This Yale College course, taught on campus twice per week for 75 minutes, was recorded for Open Yale Courses in Fall 2007. https://oyc.yale.edu/economics/econ-159
Recent Episodes
Lecture 24 - Asymmetric Information: Auctions and the Winner's Curse
6 years agoLecture 23 - Asymmetric Information: Silence, Signaling and Suffering Education
6 years agoLecture 22 - Repeated Games: Cheating, Punishment, and Outsourcing
6 years agoLecture 21 - Repeated Games: Cooperation vs. the End Game
6 years agoLecture 20 - Subgame Perfect Equilibrium: Wars of Attrition
6 years agoLecture 19 - Subgame Perfect Equilibrium: Matchmaking and Strategic Investments
6 years agoLecture 18 - Imperfect Information: Information Sets and Sub-Game Perfection
6 years agoLecture 17 - Backward Induction: Ultimatums and Bargaining
6 years agoLecture 16 - Backward Induction: Reputation and Duels
6 years agoLecture 15 - Backward Induction: Chess, Strategies, and Credible Threats
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